Jury Pool Profile

Routt County, Colorado

Democratic +28 (2024)

Population: 24,990
Median household income: $104,803
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,236 85.0%
Black or African American alone 52 0.2%
Asian alone 215 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 141 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 35 0.1%
Some other race alone 530 2.1%
Two or more races 2,781 11.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,180 8.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 4,380 17.5%
18–24 1,718 6.9%
25–44 7,226 28.9%
45–64 7,278 29.1%
65 and over 4,388 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,252
Establishments: 2,126

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 4,262 25.4%
Education & health services 3,185 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,652 15.8%
Professional & business services 1,751 10.4%
Construction 1,522 9.1%
Public administration 1,057 6.3%
Financial activities 1,030 6.1%
Other services 561 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 366 2.2%
Manufacturing 200 1.2%
Information 181 1.1%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $1,845
Owner-occupied: 8,058
Renter-occupied: 2,561

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,335 votes cast

Democratic 10,208 62.5%
Republican 5,676 34.7%
Other / third-party 451 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,383 5.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 131 0.5%
Other Indo-European 106 0.4%
German 101 0.4%
Slavic languages 68 0.3%
Chinese 28 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.1%
Other 15 0.1%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,619
Family households: 6,997; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,048
Single-mother households: 440
Veterans: 1,082; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,131 12.6%
Evangelical Protestant 3,107 12.5%
Mainline Protestant 853 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 657 2.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 7.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 52.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Craig, Hot Sulphur Springs, Steamboat Springs

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 43.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023