Jury Pool Profile

Mesa County, Colorado

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 157,316
Median household income: $71,485
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 133,317 84.7%
Black or African American alone 908 0.6%
Asian alone 1,471 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,133 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 78 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,976 2.5%
Two or more races 16,433 10.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,957 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 32,807 20.9%
18–24 13,392 8.5%
25–44 40,466 25.7%
45–64 38,504 24.5%
65 and over 32,147 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.5B; 1.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,309
Establishments: 5,690

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 18,833 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,603 21.8%
Leisure & hospitality 8,290 12.4%
Professional & business services 5,530 8.3%
Construction 5,299 7.9%
Public administration 4,031 6.0%
Manufacturing 3,097 4.6%
Financial activities 2,642 4.0%
Other services 2,016 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,838 2.7%
Information 676 1.0%
Unclassified 9 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%
Median gross rent: $1,154
Owner-occupied: 46,413
Renter-occupied: 18,146

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 91,600 votes cast

Republican 55,839 61.0%
Democratic 33,573 36.7%
Other / third-party 2,188 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,836 5.3%
Other Indo-European 409 0.3%
Slavic languages 397 0.3%
German 336 0.2%
Vietnamese 238 0.2%
Tagalog 197 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 195 0.1%
Chinese 192 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 174 0.1%
Other 24 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 64,559
Family households: 40,653; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 30,821
Single-mother households: 3,211
Veterans: 11,590; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 29,855 19.2%
Catholic 13,768 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,338 7.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,827 2.5%
Black Protestant 126 0.1%
Orthodox 120 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Judicial District Court
Judges: 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Grand Junction

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 16.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023