Jury Pool Profile

Aransas County, Texas

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 24,449
Median household income: $61,754
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,731 80.7%
Black or African American alone 273 1.1%
Asian alone 267 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 311 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 892 3.6%
Two or more races 2,975 12.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,542 26.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51

Under 18 4,249 17.4%
18–24 991 4.1%
25–44 5,620 23.0%
45–64 6,745 27.6%
65 and over 6,844 28.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $961.3M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,266
Establishments: 696

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,480 23.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,459 23.4%
Education & health services 537 8.6%
Construction 460 7.4%
Professional & business services 428 6.9%
Public administration 355 5.7%
Financial activities 319 5.1%
Other services 203 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 156 2.5%
Manufacturing 72 1.2%
Information 13 0.2%
Unclassified 11 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $1,052
Owner-occupied: 9,117
Renter-occupied: 2,621

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,028 votes cast

Republican 10,090 77.4%
Democratic 2,831 21.7%
Other / third-party 107 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,102 13.3%
German 120 0.5%
Vietnamese 96 0.4%
Slavic languages 45 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 41 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.2%
Other 13 0.1%
Chinese 7 0.0%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,738
Family households: 7,027; 59.9% of households
Married w/ children: 5,268
Single-mother households: 981
Veterans: 2,198; 10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,952 29.2%
Catholic 4,924 20.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,186 5.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 847 3.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.3%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 36th District Court
Judges: 1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual — each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)
Court seats: Beeville, George West, Rockport, Sinton, Tilden

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 44.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023