Jury Pool Profile
Crane County, Texas
- County seat
- Crane
- Judicial district
- 109th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,554
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,610.
At a glance
Crane County is a 4,554-person venue. The county population is 40% White (Census race-alone categories). 69% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 25.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $77,653, $2,070 below the TX state median of $79,723; 12.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 61.3% 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 23.4% of covered employment, average pay $64,333/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.88%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 86% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,610
- Median household income
- $62,212
- Unemployment
- 2.9%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 40%; Black: 3%.
Crane County has a population of 4,610, with a median age of 35.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 40.1%; Black residents 3.1%. Independently, 68.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $77,653; 12.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 28% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 16.0% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 23.4% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 20.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.88%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Crane County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.2% in 2024, 83.0% in 2020, 75.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 61.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
61.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.2% of the adult civilian population (234 individuals).