Jury Pool Profile

Blanco County, Texas

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 12,008
Median household income: $87,564
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,686 80.7%
Black or African American alone 92 0.8%
Asian alone 44 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 60 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 688 5.7%
Two or more races 1,438 12.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,209 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.3

Under 18 2,146 17.9%
18–24 610 5.1%
25–44 2,499 20.8%
45–64 3,680 30.6%
65 and over 3,073 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $711.3M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,238
Establishments: 494

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 690 16.8%
Construction 575 14.0%
Manufacturing 542 13.2%
Professional & business services 517 12.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 514 12.6%
Natural resources & mining 236 5.8%
Education & health services 214 5.2%
Financial activities 130 3.2%
Other services 85 2.1%
Information 22 0.5%
Unclassified 5 0.1%
Public administration 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.2%
Median gross rent: $920
Owner-occupied: 3,713
Renter-occupied: 1,288

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,518 votes cast

Republican 6,447 75.7%
Democratic 1,973 23.2%
Other / third-party 98 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 821 7.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.4%
German 35 0.3%
Other Indo-European 24 0.2%
Chinese 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,001
Family households: 3,434; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,809
Single-mother households: 194
Veterans: 792; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,951 17.2%
Evangelical Protestant 1,729 15.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,104 9.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 389 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.9%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 33rd 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: Burnet, Johnson City, Llano, San Saba

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 81.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023