Jury Pool Profile
Saguache County, Colorado
- County seat
- Saguache
- Judicial district
- 12th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 6,732
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,580.
At a glance
Saguache County is a 6,732-person venue. The county population is 67% White (Census race-alone categories). 37% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 54.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $48,755, $48,116 below the CO state median of $96,871; 31.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.8% 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 23.9% of covered employment, average pay $44,221/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.51%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 6,580
- Median household income
- $50,082
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 67% / 0%.
Saguache County has a population of 6,580, with a median age of 49.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 67.3%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 36.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $48,755; 31.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 23.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 24% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 23.9% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 18.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.51%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 52%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Saguache County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 50.1% in 2024, 55.6% in 2020, 49.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 54% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
22.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 8.6% of the adult civilian population (465 individuals).