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Jury Pool Profile

Brown County, Texas

Republican +74 (2024)
Population
38,294
Median household income
$55,305
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 29,910 78.1%
  • Black or African American alone 1,276 3.3%
  • Asian alone 213 0.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 62 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 1,300 3.4%
  • Two or more races 5,523 14.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,503 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

  • Under 18 7,972 20.8%
  • 18–24 3,643 9.5%
  • 25–44 8,924 23.3%
  • 45–64 9,884 25.8%
  • 65 and over 7,871 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
-0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.0B
0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay
$48,140
Establishments
960

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 5,012 31.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,908 18.3%
  • Manufacturing 2,561 16.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,596 10.1%
  • Public administration 1,129 7.1%
  • Financial activities 648 4.1%
  • Professional & business services 597 3.8%
  • Construction 479 3.0%
  • Other services 315 2.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 210 1.3%
  • Information 102 0.6%
  • Unclassified 8 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
68.2%
Median gross rent
$887
Owner-occupied
10,209
Renter-occupied
4,770

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,853 votes cast

  • Republican 14,593 86.6%
  • Democratic 2,132 12.7%
  • Other / third-party 128 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 5,312 14.6%
  • Vietnamese 61 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 53 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 50 0.1%
  • Chinese 49 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.1%
  • German 45 0.1%
  • Arabic 12 0.0%
  • Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
14,979
Family households
9,607
64.1% of households
Married w/ children
7,104
Single-mother households
1,108
Veterans
2,274
7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 18,427 48.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,101 8.1%
  • Catholic 1,492 3.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 657 1.7%
  • Black Protestant 100 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
82.2%
With a disability
21.9%
Bachelor's or higher
19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
35th 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
Brownwood, Goldthwaite

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
7
23.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Brown County, Texas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.