Jury Pool Profile

Brooks County, Texas

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 6,987
Median household income: $31,310
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,621 51.8%
Black or African American alone 54 0.8%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.2%
Some other race alone 684 9.8%
Two or more races 2,612 37.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,290 90.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 1,295 18.5%
18–24 533 7.6%
25–44 2,223 31.8%
45–64 1,662 23.8%
65 and over 1,274 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $312.0M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,552
Establishments: 148

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 623 28.4%
Education & health services 424 19.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 255 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 219 10.0%
Professional & business services 147 6.7%
Financial activities 39 1.8%
Other services 38 1.7%
Information 10 0.5%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 53.2%
Median gross rent: $487
Owner-occupied: 1,533
Renter-occupied: 1,351

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,402 votes cast

Democratic 1,308 54.5%
Republican 1,077 44.8%
Other / third-party 17 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

30.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,685 69.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,884
Family households: 1,736; 60.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,233
Single-mother households: 45
Veterans: 270; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,309 60.9%
Evangelical Protestant 667 9.4%
Mainline Protestant 93 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 76.9%
With a disability: 23.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 79th 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: Alice, Falfurrias

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 17.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023