Jury Pool Profile

Edwards County, Texas

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 1,392
Median household income: $38,500
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,191 85.6%
Black or African American alone 22 1.6%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 120 8.6%
Two or more races 57 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 610 43.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 224 16.1%
18–24 246 17.7%
25–44 288 20.7%
45–64 319 22.9%
65 and over 315 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -1.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $76.3M; 0% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,962
Establishments: 73

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 98 17.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 88 15.7%
Natural resources & mining 30 5.3%
Financial activities 20 3.6%
Public administration 13 2.3%
Unclassified 3 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 94.5%
Median gross rent: $714
Owner-occupied: 448
Renter-occupied: 26

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,005 votes cast

Republican 869 86.5%
Democratic 133 13.2%
Other / third-party 3 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

61.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 527 38.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 474
Family households: 236; 49.8% of households
Married w/ children: 158
Single-mother households: 14
Veterans: 71; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

103.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 746 52.5%
Catholic 494 34.7%
Mainline Protestant 233 16.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 76.0%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 452nd 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: Brady, Junction, Mason, Menard, Rocksprings

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 256.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023