Jury Pool Profile
Deaf Smith County, Texas
- County seat
- Hereford
- Judicial district
- 222nd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 18,626
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 18,460.
At a glance
Deaf Smith County is an 18,626-person venue. The county population is 40% White (Census race-alone categories). 76% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 21.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $61,990, $17,733 below the TX state median of $79,723; 11.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 54.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 25.1% of covered employment, average pay $58,786/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.68%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 75% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 18,460
- Median household income
- $60,799
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 40%; Black: 3%.
Deaf Smith County has a population of 18,460, with a median age of 31.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 40.5%; Black residents 2.6%. Independently, 76.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,990; 11.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.8% 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: Manufacturing about 2,070, Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,750.
Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 25.1% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.68%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Deaf Smith County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.4% in 2024, 71.5% in 2020, 69.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 54.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
54.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 3.7% of the adult civilian population (465 individuals).