Jury Pool Profile
Prowers County, Colorado
- County seat
- Lamar
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 11,884
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 11,910.
At a glance
Prowers County is an 11,884-person venue. The county population is 65% White (Census race-alone categories). 41% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 55.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $53,748, $43,123 below the CO state median of $96,871; 19.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 28.4% of covered employment, average pay $41,413/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.99%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 70% to 74% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 11,910
- Median household income
- $53,508
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 65% / 1%.
Prowers County has a population of 11,910, with a median age of 37.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 64.9%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 40.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $53,748; 19.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 28% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 28.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.99%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Prowers County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 74.5% in 2024, 72.1% in 2020, 70.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
18.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Korean. Veterans account for 8.5% of the adult civilian population (751 individuals).