Jury Pool Profile

Delta County, Texas

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 5,345
Median household income: $62,855
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,316 80.7%
Black or African American alone 446 8.3%
Asian alone 4 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 84 1.6%
Two or more races 481 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 466 8.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 1,269 23.7%
18–24 324 6.1%
25–44 1,359 25.4%
45–64 1,296 24.2%
65 and over 1,097 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $179.1M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,482
Establishments: 110

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 278 29.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 86 9.0%
Public administration 69 7.2%
Natural resources & mining 56 5.9%
Leisure & hospitality 41 4.3%
Professional & business services 40 4.2%
Financial activities 22 2.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.1%
Median gross rent: $857
Owner-occupied: 1,741
Renter-occupied: 354

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,658 votes cast

Republican 2,250 84.7%
Democratic 397 14.9%
Other / third-party 11 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 94 1.9%
Tagalog 2 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,095
Family households: 1,482; 70.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,207
Single-mother households: 112
Veterans: 338; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,132 40.8%
Mainline Protestant 324 6.2%
Black Protestant 236 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 21.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Cooper, Emory, Mount Vernon, Sulphur Springs

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 73.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023