Jury Pool Profile

Caldwell County, Texas

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 47,184
Median household income: $68,503
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,276 57.8%
Black or African American alone 2,025 4.3%
Asian alone 321 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 253 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,406 9.3%
Two or more races 12,903 27.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26,565 56.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.2

Under 18 11,042 23.4%
18–24 4,618 9.8%
25–44 12,684 26.9%
45–64 11,669 24.7%
65 and over 7,171 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,985
Establishments: 887

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,837 27.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,514 24.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,541 14.9%
Construction 952 9.2%
Professional & business services 570 5.5%
Public administration 567 5.5%
Manufacturing 399 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 370 3.6%
Financial activities 275 2.7%
Other services 174 1.7%
Unclassified 29 0.3%
Information 28 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.2%
Median gross rent: $1,145
Owner-occupied: 11,518
Renter-occupied: 4,223

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,686 votes cast

Republican 8,880 56.6%
Democratic 6,618 42.2%
Other / third-party 188 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

64.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 15,464 35.0%
Arabic 112 0.3%
Other Indo-European 100 0.2%
German 78 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 70 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
Slavic languages 25 0.1%
Chinese 16 0.0%
Other 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,741
Family households: 11,048; 70.2% of households
Married w/ children: 8,232
Single-mother households: 1,049
Veterans: 2,755; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 10,630 23.2%
Evangelical Protestant 5,784 12.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,034 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,801 3.9%
Black Protestant 595 1.3%
Orthodox 28 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 74.9%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Lockhart, New Braunfels, San Marcos

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 35.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023