Jury Pool Profile
Dallas County, Texas
- County seat
- Dallas
- Judicial district
- 14th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 2,661,397
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,621,179.
At a glance
Dallas County is a 2,661,397-person venue. The county population is 35% White and 22% Black (Census race-alone categories). 41% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 26.4%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $78,910; 35.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 42.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.2%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Professional & business services, at 21.7% of covered employment, average pay $113,783/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.26%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 60% to 65% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 2,621,179
- Median household income
- $76,547
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 35%; Black: 22%.
Dallas County has a population of 2,621,179, with a median age of 34.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 34.7%; Black residents 22.4%. Independently, 41.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $78,910; 35.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Professional & business services, 397,025 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 392,969, is within 20% of it.
Professional & business services is the largest employment sector at 21.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.26%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Dallas County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.2% in 2024, 64.9% in 2020, 61.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 42.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
42.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese. Veterans account for 4.2% of the adult civilian population (81,776 individuals).