Jury Pool Profile

Calhoun County, Texas

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 19,921
Median household income: $71,870
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,102 65.8%
Black or African American alone 495 2.5%
Asian alone 1,054 5.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,373 6.9%
Two or more races 3,860 19.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,816 49.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 4,655 23.4%
18–24 1,334 6.7%
25–44 5,145 25.8%
45–64 5,080 25.5%
65 and over 3,707 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.1B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $83,793
Establishments: 687

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,092 29.1%
Construction 4,010 28.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,317 9.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,188 8.4%
Professional & business services 1,003 7.1%
Education & health services 457 3.2%
Financial activities 348 2.5%
Public administration 343 2.4%
Other services 186 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 104 0.7%
Information 37 0.3%
Unclassified 14 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $1,121
Owner-occupied: 6,415
Renter-occupied: 1,983

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,832 votes cast

Republican 5,939 75.8%
Democratic 1,853 23.7%
Other / third-party 40 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,579 24.4%
Chinese 580 3.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 332 1.8%
Vietnamese 41 0.2%
German 32 0.2%
Arabic 32 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,398
Family households: 5,905; 70.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,604
Single-mother households: 586
Veterans: 1,296; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,042 30.1%
Catholic 5,350 26.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,355 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,321 6.6%
Black Protestant 100 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Cuero, Edna, Goliad, Port Lavaca, Refugio, Victoria

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 13.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023