Jury Pool Profile
Ector County, Texas
- County seat
- Odessa
- Judicial district
- 70th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 173,801
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 164,654.
At a glance
Ector County is a 173,801-person venue. The county population is 48% White (Census race-alone categories). 63% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 28.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $75,887, $3,836 below the TX state median of $79,723; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 47.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.0% of covered employment, average pay $73,425/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.97%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 76% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 164,654
- Median household income
- $71,536
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 48%; Black: 4%.
Ector County has a population of 164,654, with a median age of 31.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 48.1%; Black residents 4.5%. Independently, 63.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $75,887; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 25% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is 14.8% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 16.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.97%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ector County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.1% in 2024, 73.3% in 2020, 68.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 47.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
47.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 4.6% of the adult civilian population (5,261 individuals).