Jury Pool Profile

Baylor County, Texas

Republican +77 (2024)

Population: 3,464
Median household income: $42,313
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,803 80.9%
Black or African American alone 26 0.8%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 47 1.4%
Some other race alone 222 6.4%
Two or more races 360 10.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 473 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.5

Under 18 806 23.3%
18–24 173 5.0%
25–44 650 18.8%
45–64 919 26.5%
65 and over 916 26.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -1.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $234.9M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,434
Establishments: 185

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 450 28.9%
Education & health services 388 24.9%
Public administration 101 6.5%
Leisure & hospitality 101 6.5%
Professional & business services 96 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 60 3.8%
Manufacturing 52 3.3%
Other services 44 2.8%
Financial activities 42 2.7%
Construction 27 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.8%
Median gross rent: $685
Owner-occupied: 1,034
Renter-occupied: 514

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,670 votes cast

Republican 1,471 88.1%
Democratic 184 11.0%
Other / third-party 15 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 293 8.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 26 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,548
Family households: 1,001; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 774
Single-mother households: 142
Veterans: 214; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

96.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,062 59.5%
Catholic 724 20.9%
Mainline Protestant 362 10.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 206 5.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.5%
With a disability: 23.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 50th 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: Benjamin, Guthrie, Paducah, Seymour

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 112.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023