Jury Pool Profile

Dawson County, Texas

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 12,311
Median household income: $55,789
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,717 54.6%
Black or African American alone 877 7.1%
Asian alone 51 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,791 14.5%
Two or more races 2,852 23.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,815 55.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.6

Under 18 2,942 23.9%
18–24 1,332 10.8%
25–44 3,733 30.3%
45–64 2,641 21.5%
65 and over 1,663 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,051
Establishments: 486

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 881 21.3%
Natural resources & mining 828 20.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 802 19.4%
Public administration 460 11.1%
Leisure & hospitality 434 10.5%
Financial activities 178 4.3%
Professional & business services 153 3.7%
Construction 118 2.8%
Manufacturing 85 2.1%
Other services 76 1.8%
Unclassified 18 0.4%
Information 12 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.9%
Median gross rent: $873
Owner-occupied: 2,904
Renter-occupied: 1,250

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,511 votes cast

Republican 2,810 80.0%
Democratic 667 19.0%
Other / third-party 34 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

64.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,669 31.9%
German 309 2.7%
Vietnamese 24 0.2%
Other Indo-European 22 0.2%
Other 11 0.1%
Korean 9 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.1%
Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,154
Family households: 2,704; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,832
Single-mother households: 388
Veterans: 359; 3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,764 38.2%
Catholic 2,714 21.8%
Mainline Protestant 351 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 231 1.9%
Black Protestant 220 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 77.6%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 106th 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: Lamesa, Post, Seminole, Tahoka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 85.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023