Jury Pool Profile
Otero County, Colorado
Republican +26 (2024)
- Population
- 18,460
- Median household income
- $54,897
- Unemployment
- 5.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 13,104 71.0%
- Black or African American alone 188 1.0%
- Asian alone 134 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 304 1.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
- Some other race alone 2,191 11.9%
- Two or more races 2,536 13.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,698 41.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.9
- Under 18 4,315 23.4%
- 18–24 1,540 8.3%
- 25–44 4,369 23.7%
- 45–64 4,360 23.6%
- 65 and over 3,876 21.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.8%
- +1.87 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $738.8M
- 0.13% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,375
- Establishments
- 512
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,185 36.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,201 19.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 603 10.0%
- Public administration 538 8.9%
- Manufacturing 486 8.0%
- Natural resources & mining 239 3.9%
- Construction 224 3.7%
- Financial activities 188 3.1%
- Professional & business services 178 2.9%
- Other services 134 2.2%
- Information 78 1.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.9%
- Median gross rent
- $796
- Owner-occupied
- 5,264
- Renter-occupied
- 2,379
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 8,925 votes cast
- Republican 5,520 61.8%
- Democratic 3,164 35.5%
- Other / third-party 241 2.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
85.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,383 13.7%
- German 38 0.2%
- Tagalog 12 0.1%
- Other 12 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 11 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,643
- Family households
- 4,852
- 63.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,468
- Single-mother households
- 474
- Veterans
- 1,236
- 8.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
37.3% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 2,797 15.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,713 14.5%
- Mainline Protestant 957 5.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 506 2.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.9%
- With a disability
- 17.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 16th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 2 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
- Court seats
- La Junta, Las Animas, Ordway
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 0
- 0 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 0
NHTSA FARS 2023