Jury Pool Profile
Calhoun County, Texas
- County seat
- Port Lavaca
- Judicial district
- 24th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 19,599
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 19,868.
At a glance
Calhoun County is a 19,599-person venue. The county population is 56% White (Census race-alone categories). 49% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 40.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $69,077, $10,646 below the TX state median of $79,723; 20.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 27.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Chinese. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 31.6% of covered employment, average pay $136,419/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.98%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 67% to 76% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 19,868
- Median household income
- $79,959
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 56% / 3%.
Calhoun County has a population of 19,868, with a median age of 41.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.5%; Black residents 2.6%. Independently, 49.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $69,077; 20.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Manufacturing, about 32% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 31.6% of covered employment, followed by Construction at 24.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.98%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 71%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Calhoun County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.8% in 2024, 71.8% in 2020, 66.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 27.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
27.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 8.6% of the adult civilian population (1,314 individuals).