Jury Pool Profile
Montrose County, Colorado
Republican +33 (2024)
- Population
- 43,272
- Median household income
- $66,072
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 35,209 81.4%
- Black or African American alone 147 0.3%
- Asian alone 232 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 450 1.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,275 2.9%
- Two or more races 5,952 13.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,195 21.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 45.7
- Under 18 8,864 20.5%
- 18–24 3,088 7.1%
- 25–44 9,272 21.4%
- 45–64 11,080 25.6%
- 65 and over 10,968 25.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.4%
- +0.46 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.4B
- 0.43% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $52,650
- Establishments
- 1,725
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 4,158 24.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,760 22.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,111 12.4%
- Construction 2,089 12.3%
- Public administration 1,144 6.7%
- Professional & business services 1,106 6.5%
- Manufacturing 1,106 6.5%
- Financial activities 612 3.6%
- Other services 462 2.7%
- Natural resources & mining 265 1.6%
- Information 199 1.2%
- Unclassified 2 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 74.6%
- Median gross rent
- $1,120
- Owner-occupied
- 13,085
- Renter-occupied
- 4,444
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 25,617 votes cast
- Republican 16,704 65.2%
- Democratic 8,354 32.6%
- Other / third-party 559 2.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
84.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 5,802 14.1%
- Other Indo-European 373 0.9%
- Tagalog 113 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 62 0.2%
- Chinese 51 0.1%
- Slavic languages 50 0.1%
- German 38 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.1%
- Korean 9 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 17,529
- Family households
- 11,745
- 67.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 9,135
- Single-mother households
- 735
- Veterans
- 2,975
- 8.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
32.5% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 5,442 12.8%
- Catholic 4,064 9.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,458 8.1%
- Mainline Protestant 913 2.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 87.1%
- With a disability
- 12.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 28.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 7th 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
- Delta, Gunnison, Lake City, Montrose, Ouray, Telluride
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 11.63 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023