Jury Pool Profile
Moffat County, Colorado
- County seat
- Craig
- Judicial district
- 14th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,122
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,207.
At a glance
Moffat County is a 13,122-person venue. The county population is 83% White (Census race-alone categories). 17% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 76.5%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $74,252, $22,619 below the CO state median of $96,871; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.5% of covered employment, average pay $62,353/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.38%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 80% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 13,207
- Median household income
- $73,849
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 0%.
Moffat County has a population of 13,207, with a median age of 40.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 83.3%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 16.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $74,252; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 1,210 jobs; Education & health services, 1,109, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 26.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.38%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Moffat County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.3% in 2024, 80.7% in 2020, 81.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 9.7% of the adult civilian population (968 individuals).