Jury Pool Profile

Colorado County, Texas

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 20,736
Median household income: $68,554
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,702 66.1%
Black or African American alone 2,703 13.0%
Asian alone 100 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 130 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,496 12.0%
Two or more races 1,605 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,218 30.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 4,844 23.4%
18–24 1,671 8.1%
25–44 4,070 19.6%
45–64 5,419 26.1%
65 and over 4,732 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,442
Establishments: 643

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,696 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,604 21.4%
Manufacturing 1,203 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,029 13.7%
Natural resources & mining 530 7.1%
Construction 511 6.8%
Public administration 301 4.0%
Professional & business services 242 3.2%
Financial activities 194 2.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.0%
Median gross rent: $1,002
Owner-occupied: 6,139
Renter-occupied: 1,438

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,994 votes cast

Republican 7,824 78.3%
Democratic 2,108 21.1%
Other / third-party 62 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,303 17.0%
Other 53 0.3%
Other Indo-European 41 0.2%
German 39 0.2%
Vietnamese 27 0.1%
Slavic languages 19 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,577
Family households: 5,065; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,030
Single-mother households: 137
Veterans: 1,001; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,029 39.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,116 10.3%
Evangelical Protestant 1,779 8.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 378 1.8%
Black Protestant 121 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.0%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th 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: Columbus, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Seguin

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 56.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023