Jury Pool Profile

Bailey County, Texas

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 7,044
Median household income: $70,625
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,002 71.0%
Black or African American alone 60 0.9%
Asian alone 50 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 915 13.0%
Two or more races 1,017 14.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,548 64.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.1

Under 18 1,973 28.0%
18–24 961 13.6%
25–44 1,736 24.6%
45–64 1,148 16.3%
65 and over 1,226 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $626.0M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,425
Establishments: 240

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 674 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 552 23.1%
Leisure & hospitality 208 8.7%
Manufacturing 112 4.7%
Education & health services 105 4.4%
Public administration 95 4.0%
Financial activities 72 3.0%
Professional & business services 47 2.0%
Construction 42 1.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $744
Owner-occupied: 1,776
Renter-occupied: 474

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,740 votes cast

Republican 1,395 80.2%
Democratic 332 19.1%
Other / third-party 13 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

48.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,275 50.1%
German 73 1.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.2%
Slavic languages 13 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,250
Family households: 1,702; 75.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,220
Single-mother households: 142
Veterans: 88; 1.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,189 31.7%
Catholic 1,549 22.4%
Mainline Protestant 307 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 133 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 66.3%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 287th 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: Farwell, Muleshoe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 19.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023