Jury Pool Profile

Cameron County, Texas

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 423,192
Median household income: $51,334
Unemployment: 6.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 211,525 50.0%
Black or African American alone 2,574 0.6%
Asian alone 3,151 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,912 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 218 0.1%
Some other race alone 35,909 8.5%
Two or more races 167,903 39.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 378,059 89.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.4

Under 18 123,291 29.1%
18–24 45,831 10.8%
25–44 104,126 24.6%
45–64 90,513 21.4%
65 and over 59,431 14.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.8%; +2.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $17.4B; 0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,590
Establishments: 7,200

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 66,244 42.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 26,590 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 18,939 12.1%
Professional & business services 15,628 10.0%
Manufacturing 7,110 4.5%
Public administration 6,662 4.3%
Financial activities 5,289 3.4%
Construction 4,206 2.7%
Other services 2,768 1.8%
Information 1,491 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 501 0.3%
Unclassified 67 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.2%
Median gross rent: $899
Owner-occupied: 88,354
Renter-occupied: 47,081

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 116,122 votes cast

Republican 60,991 52.5%
Democratic 54,258 46.7%
Other / third-party 873 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

29.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 274,735 70.0%
Other Indo-European 819 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 558 0.1%
Tagalog 536 0.1%
Vietnamese 503 0.1%
Other 316 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 305 0.1%
Chinese 235 0.1%
Slavic languages 191 0.0%
German 125 0.0%
Arabic 87 0.0%
Korean 66 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 135,435
Family households: 102,847; 75.9% of households
Married w/ children: 65,082
Single-mother households: 14,050
Veterans: 12,632; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 154,782 36.8%
Evangelical Protestant 55,027 13.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14,260 3.4%
Mainline Protestant 5,112 1.2%
Black Protestant 492 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 73.3%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 103rd District Court
Judges: 7 (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: Brownsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 41; 13.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 32

NHTSA FARS 2023