Jury Pool Profile
Brazos County, Texas
- County seat
- Bryan
- Judicial district
- 85th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 249,088
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 242,311.
At a glance
Brazos County is a 249,088-person venue. The county population is 63% White and 10% Black (Census race-alone categories). 27% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 53.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $61,938, $17,785 below the TX state median of $79,723; 43.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 23.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.0%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 40.0% of covered employment, average pay $56,510/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 56% to 62% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 242,311
- Median household income
- $58,553
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 63% / 10%.
Brazos County has a population of 242,311, with a median age of 26.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.2%; Black residents 10.5%. Independently, 27.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,938; 43.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 40% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 40.0% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 15.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Brazos County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 61.7% in 2024, 55.9% in 2020, 58.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 54% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 23.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
23.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Arabic. Veterans account for 4.2% of the adult civilian population (8,182 individuals).