Jury Pool Profile

Brewster County, Texas

Republican +13 (2024)

Population: 9,464
Median household income: $52,612
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,138 75.4%
Black or African American alone 27 0.3%
Asian alone 114 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.2%
Some other race alone 706 7.5%
Two or more races 1,425 15.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,980 42.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 1,623 17.1%
18–24 673 7.1%
25–44 2,781 29.4%
45–64 1,995 21.1%
65 and over 2,392 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -1.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $611.3M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,286
Establishments: 456

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,159 25.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 896 19.8%
Education & health services 677 15.0%
Public administration 425 9.4%
Professional & business services 216 4.8%
Financial activities 164 3.6%
Construction 129 2.9%
Other services 107 2.4%
Information 101 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 95 2.1%
Manufacturing 13 0.3%
Unclassified 7 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.2%
Median gross rent: $768
Owner-occupied: 2,819
Renter-occupied: 2,110

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,576 votes cast

Republican 2,545 55.6%
Democratic 1,969 43.0%
Other / third-party 62 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,394 26.4%
Tagalog 63 0.7%
Other 59 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 47 0.5%
German 19 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.2%
Chinese 12 0.1%
Korean 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,929
Family households: 2,467; 50.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,950
Single-mother households: 280
Veterans: 646; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,450 36.1%
Evangelical Protestant 714 7.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 499 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 196 2.1%
Orthodox 24 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.4%
With a disability: 11.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 394th 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: Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 76.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023