Jury Pool Profile

Deaf Smith County, Texas

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 18,487
Median household income: $54,114
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,767 52.8%
Black or African American alone 357 1.9%
Asian alone 8 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 244 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,221 12.0%
Two or more races 5,890 31.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,000 75.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.4

Under 18 5,760 31.2%
18–24 1,958 10.6%
25–44 4,580 24.8%
45–64 3,728 20.2%
65 and over 2,461 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,436
Establishments: 488

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,172 25.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,679 20.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,587 18.9%
Leisure & hospitality 522 6.2%
Public administration 285 3.4%
Construction 269 3.2%
Financial activities 241 2.9%
Other services 228 2.7%
Education & health services 206 2.5%
Professional & business services 146 1.7%
Information 62 0.7%
Unclassified 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.9%
Median gross rent: $919
Owner-occupied: 3,938
Renter-occupied: 2,035

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,286 votes cast

Republican 3,233 75.4%
Democratic 1,019 23.8%
Other / third-party 34 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

43.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,506 56.5%
German 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
Other 13 0.1%
Korean 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,973
Family households: 4,421; 74.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,249
Single-mother households: 511
Veterans: 426; 3.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,414 34.5%
Catholic 3,700 19.9%
Mainline Protestant 767 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 767 4.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 79.6%
With a disability: 8.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 222nd 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: Hereford, Vega

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 15.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023