Jury Pool Profile

Castro County, Texas

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 7,328
Median household income: $63,485
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,957 54.0%
Black or African American alone 86 1.2%
Asian alone 91 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 49 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 603 8.2%
Two or more races 2,542 34.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,783 65.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.9

Under 18 2,121 28.9%
18–24 740 10.1%
25–44 1,625 22.2%
45–64 1,609 22.0%
65 and over 1,233 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -1.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,980
Establishments: 290

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 802 31.5%
Education & health services 610 24.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 497 19.5%
Professional & business services 173 6.8%
Leisure & hospitality 153 6.0%
Public administration 117 4.6%
Financial activities 67 2.6%
Other services 50 2.0%
Construction 26 1.0%
Manufacturing 25 1.0%
Information 11 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.2%
Median gross rent: $910
Owner-occupied: 1,679
Renter-occupied: 748

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,021 votes cast

Republican 1,594 78.9%
Democratic 418 20.7%
Other / third-party 9 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

47.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,485 51.5%
Tagalog 91 1.3%
German 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,427
Family households: 1,877; 77.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,386
Single-mother households: 135
Veterans: 442; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,876 39.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,270 30.8%
Mainline Protestant 405 5.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.6%
With a disability: 8.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 64th 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: Dimmitt, Plainview, Tulia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 19.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023