Jury Pool Profile
Childress County, Texas
- County seat
- Childress
- Judicial district
- 100th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 6,643
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,743.
At a glance
Childress County is a 6,643-person venue. The county population is 64% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). 32% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 54.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $57,509, $22,214 below the TX state median of $79,723; 11.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 17.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 28.0% of covered employment, average pay $40,200/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.68%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 85% to 88% of the vote across the three. 21% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 1,432 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 6,743
- Median household income
- $58,654
- Unemployment
- 2.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 64% / 7%.
Childress County has a population of 6,743, with a median age of 35.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.9%; Black residents 6.7%. Independently, 31.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,509; 11.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 900, Trade, transportation & utilities about 850.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 28.0% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 15.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.68%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 86%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Childress County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 87.6% in 2024, 85.3% in 2020, 86.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 17.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
17.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 3.1% of the adult civilian population (169 individuals).