Jury Pool Profile
Rio Grande County, Colorado
- County seat
- Del Norte
- Judicial district
- 12th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 11,087
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 11,321.
At a glance
Rio Grande County is an 11,087-person venue. The county population is 73% 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 54.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $59,812, $37,059 below the CO state median of $96,871; 34.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 17.1% 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 21.6% of covered employment, average pay $51,063/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.2%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 56% to 60% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 11,321
- Median household income
- $64,411
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 73% / 1%.
Rio Grande County has a population of 11,321, with a median age of 41.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 73.0%; Black residents 0.6%. Independently, 40.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $59,812; 34.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 952 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 862, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 21.6% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.2%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Rio Grande County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.4% in 2024, 58.0% in 2020, 55.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 17.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
17.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 6.7% of the adult civilian population (601 individuals).