Jury Pool Profile

Childress County, Texas

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 6,772
Median household income: $60,333
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,137 61.1%
Black or African American alone 451 6.7%
Asian alone 8 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 915 13.5%
Two or more races 1,253 18.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,305 34.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.6

Under 18 1,260 18.6%
18–24 581 8.6%
25–44 2,585 38.2%
45–64 1,225 18.1%
65 and over 1,121 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -1.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $342.4M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,760
Establishments: 238

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 867 30.2%
Leisure & hospitality 379 13.2%
Public administration 361 12.6%
Education & health services 172 6.0%
Professional & business services 106 3.7%
Financial activities 95 3.3%
Construction 92 3.2%
Other services 70 2.4%
Information 14 0.5%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.6%
Median gross rent: $934
Owner-occupied: 1,382
Renter-occupied: 792

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,272 votes cast

Republican 1,991 87.6%
Democratic 263 11.6%
Other / third-party 18 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,356 21.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,174
Family households: 1,451; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,107
Single-mother households: 150
Veterans: 162; 2.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,014 30.2%
Mainline Protestant 568 8.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 253 3.8%
Catholic 250 3.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.6%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 100th 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: Childress, Clarendon, Memphis, Panhandle, Wellington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 90.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023