Jury Pool Profile
Cooke County, Texas
- County seat
- Gainesville
- Judicial district
- 235th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 44,461
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 43,046.
At a glance
Cooke County is a 44,461-person venue. The county population is 77% White (Census race-alone categories). 21% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 71.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $77,501, $2,222 below the TX state median of $79,723; 23.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 19.5% of covered employment, average pay $75,733/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.71%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 82% to 83% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 43,046
- Median household income
- $73,932
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 77% / 3%.
Cooke County has a population of 43,046, with a median age of 40.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 77.2%; Black residents 3.2%. Independently, 20.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $77,501; 23.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.2% 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 3,290, Manufacturing about 3,250. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 10.2% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 19.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.71%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 83%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Cooke County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 83.1% in 2024, 82.1% in 2020, 82.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
14.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 7.3% of the adult civilian population (2,410 individuals).