Jury Pool Profile
Borden County, Texas
- County seat
- Gail
- Judicial district
- 132nd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 567
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 713.
At a glance
Borden County is a 567-person venue. The county population is 90% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $96,586, $16,863 above the TX state median of $79,723; 36.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.4% of covered employment, average pay $57,301/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.86%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 90% to 96% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 713
- Median household income
- $65,625
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 90% / 1%.
Borden County has a population of 713, with a median age of 32.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 90.5%; Black residents 0.6%. Independently, 8.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $96,586; 36.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 100, Trade, transportation & utilities about 90.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 26.4% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 12.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.86%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 94%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Borden County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 95.6% in 2024, 95.4% in 2020, 90.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 83% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish. Veterans account for 5.0% of the adult civilian population (23 individuals).