Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Texas

Republican +80 (2024)

Population: 10,402
Median household income: $77,355
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,461 91.0%
Black or African American alone 118 1.1%
Asian alone 91 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 61 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.1%
Some other race alone 41 0.4%
Two or more races 623 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 705 6.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.8

Under 18 2,040 19.6%
18–24 690 6.6%
25–44 2,203 21.2%
45–64 3,108 29.9%
65 and over 2,361 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $433.1M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,729
Establishments: 198

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 539 33.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 294 18.1%
Manufacturing 199 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 116 7.2%
Public administration 105 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 84 5.2%
Professional & business services 72 4.4%
Financial activities 70 4.3%
Construction 49 3.0%
Other services 37 2.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.5%
Median gross rent: $825
Owner-occupied: 3,404
Renter-occupied: 823

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,906 votes cast

Republican 5,288 89.5%
Democratic 584 9.9%
Other / third-party 34 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 403 4.1%
German 28 0.3%
Tagalog 19 0.2%
Chinese 17 0.2%
Other 8 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,227
Family households: 3,111; 73.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,615
Single-mother households: 157
Veterans: 943; 11.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,224 51.1%
Mainline Protestant 394 3.9%
Catholic 178 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.0%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 97th 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: Archer City, Henrietta, Montague

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 35.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023