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Weld County, Colorado

Republican +21.0 (2024)
County seat
Greeley
Judicial district
19th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
378,426
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 350,396.

At a glance

Weld County is a 378,426-person venue. The county population is 73% White (Census race-alone categories). 31% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 62.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $100,638, $3,767 above the CO state median of $96,871; 33.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 19.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 19.0% of covered employment, average pay $59,369/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.25%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 59% of the vote across the three.

Population
350,396
Median household income
$97,097
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 73% / 1%.

Weld County has a population of 350,396, with a median age of 35.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 72.7%; Black residents 1.5%. Independently, 31.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $100,638; 33.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 217,386 62.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 108,498 31.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,506 1.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 5,609 1.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 11,246 3.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,022 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 321 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,808 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 35.3

  • Under 18 89,272 25.5%
  • 18–24 30,968 8.8%
  • 25–44 105,431 30.1%
  • 45–64 79,372 22.7%
  • 65 and over 45,353 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$100,638
90% interval $96,831–$104,445
+$3,767 vs CO · 13th of 64
Below poverty line
9.6%
90% interval 8.2%–11.0%
+0.0 pp vs CO · 44th of 64

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 23,414 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 20,505, is within 20% of it.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 19.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.25%, above the Colorado state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP
$29.5B
5.29% of state
Avg. annual pay
$69,551
Establishments
9,777

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 23,414 19.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 20,505 16.6%
  • Manufacturing 15,211 12.3%
  • Construction 14,214 11.5%
  • Professional & business services 12,424 10.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 11,216 9.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 10,537 8.5%
  • Public administration 7,214 5.8%
  • Financial activities 4,427 3.6%
  • Other services 3,453 2.8%
  • Information 846 0.7%
  • Unclassified 25 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
76.0%
+9.8 pp vs CO · 18th of 64
Median gross rent
$1,539
−$222 vs CO · 21st of 64
Owner-occupied
94,490
Renter-occupied
29,797

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 48% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $93,432/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,562/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

2 of the top 5 employers on this list (3 of the listed 6) are in education & health services, accounting for 7,189 employees on this list. So education & health services is the largest sector by employment here, but most of the county's five biggest named employers sit outside it. A panelist who works somewhere you recognize is probably not working where most of this county works; ask where they work before assuming either pattern fits them.

# Employer Sector Employees
1 JBS USA & Affiliates Manufacturing (meat processing) 4,992
2 Banner Health (North Colorado Medical Center) Healthcare 3,710
3 Vestas Manufacturing (wind energy) 2,631*
4 Greeley/Evans School District 6 Education (public K-12) 2,258
5 Weld County Government Government (county) 1,823
6 University of Northern Colorado Education (public higher education) 1,221
7 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Energy services (oil and gas) 1,200
8 City of Greeley Government (municipal) 1,145
9 Aims Community College Education (public higher education) 817
10 Occidental Petroleum Corp Energy (oil and gas) 580

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Weld County, Colorado, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, 'Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago' schedule, sourced to Upstate Colorado, the regional economic development corporation. The counts are the 2024 edition's, reprinted unchanged in the 2025 report. (2024)

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Weld County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 59.2% in 2024, 57.6% in 2020, 56.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 179,854 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201656.7%34.3%
202057.6%39.6%
202459.2%38.2%
  • Republican 106,469 59.2%
  • Democratic 68,752 38.2%
  • Other / third-party 4,633 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 19.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

19.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.7% of the adult civilian population (17,459 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

80.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 54,634 16.7%
  • German or other West Germanic 1,092 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 640 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 511 0.2%
  • Chinese 489 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 460 0.1%
  • Tagalog 420 0.1%
  • Arabic 167 0.1%
  • Korean 147 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
124,287
Family households
89,634
72.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
33,016
36.8% of families
Single-mother families
6,757
7.5% of families
Veterans
17,459
6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

27.9% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 46,364 14.1%
  • Evangelical Protestant 25,792 7.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,603 3.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 6,858 2.1%
  • Orthodox 120 0.0%
  • Black Protestant 30 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.0%
±0.6 pp
Uninsured
8.0%
±0.6 pp
34th of 64
With a disability
11.6%
±0.5 pp
39th of 64
Bachelor's or higher
33.2%
±0.9 pp
−12.5 pp vs CO · 32nd of 64
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.0%
90% interval 9.2%–10.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
19th Judicial District Court
Judges
14 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats
Greeley
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Weld totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
67
25.66 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
62

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Weld County, Colorado to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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