Jury Pool Profile

DeWitt County, Texas

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 19,853
Median household income: $64,014
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,111 61.0%
Black or African American alone 1,466 7.4%
Asian alone 98 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 194 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,839 19.3%
Two or more races 2,145 10.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,017 35.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 4,487 22.6%
18–24 1,536 7.7%
25–44 4,714 23.7%
45–64 5,163 26.0%
65 and over 3,953 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.4B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,419
Establishments: 585

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,337 19.6%
Education & health services 1,288 18.9%
Natural resources & mining 782 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 650 9.5%
Public administration 547 8.0%
Financial activities 489 7.2%
Manufacturing 463 6.8%
Professional & business services 459 6.7%
Construction 419 6.1%
Other services 163 2.4%
Information 18 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $955
Owner-occupied: 4,722
Renter-occupied: 1,961

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,824 votes cast

Republican 6,515 83.3%
Democratic 1,270 16.2%
Other / third-party 39 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,713 14.6%
Vietnamese 91 0.5%
German 61 0.3%
Slavic languages 45 0.2%
Other Indo-European 28 0.2%
Arabic 25 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.1%
Other 8 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,683
Family households: 4,479; 67.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,322
Single-mother households: 373
Veterans: 950; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,186 16.1%
Evangelical Protestant 2,558 12.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,514 7.6%
Black Protestant 1,182 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 549 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.5%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Cuero, Edna, Goliad, Port Lavaca, Refugio, Victoria

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 39.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023