Jury Pool Profile

Duval County, Texas

Republican +10 (2024)

Population: 9,824
Median household income: $50,081
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,657 67.8%
Black or African American alone 69 0.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 62 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 255 2.6%
Two or more races 2,781 28.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,038 81.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.9

Under 18 2,546 25.9%
18–24 736 7.5%
25–44 2,778 28.3%
45–64 2,231 22.7%
65 and over 1,533 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $346.6M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,727
Establishments: 196

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,770 48.2%
Natural resources & mining 508 13.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 372 10.1%
Public administration 206 5.6%
Professional & business services 172 4.7%
Leisure & hospitality 141 3.8%
Financial activities 85 2.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.0%
Median gross rent: $737
Owner-occupied: 2,124
Renter-occupied: 868

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,461 votes cast

Republican 2,439 54.7%
Democratic 2,003 44.9%
Other / third-party 19 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

47.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,701 51.1%
German 148 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,992
Family households: 1,798; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,167
Single-mother households: 382
Veterans: 400; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

85.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,987 60.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,388 24.3%
Mainline Protestant 66 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.0%
With a disability: 22.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 229th 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: Hebbronville, Rio Grande City, San Diego

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 54.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023