Jury Pool Profile

Erath County, Texas

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 43,244
Median household income: $65,351
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,681 80.2%
Black or African American alone 610 1.4%
Asian alone 439 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 296 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 112 0.3%
Some other race alone 3,286 7.6%
Two or more races 3,820 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,508 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.9

Under 18 9,021 20.9%
18–24 8,573 19.8%
25–44 10,217 23.6%
45–64 9,141 21.1%
65 and over 6,292 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.5B; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,473
Establishments: 1,279

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,177 17.1%
Education & health services 2,868 15.4%
Leisure & hospitality 2,368 12.7%
Manufacturing 2,337 12.6%
Professional & business services 1,257 6.8%
Construction 1,154 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,112 6.0%
Other services 573 3.1%
Financial activities 547 2.9%
Public administration 480 2.6%
Information 103 0.6%
Unclassified 28 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.8%
Median gross rent: $1,134
Owner-occupied: 10,450
Renter-occupied: 5,929

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,350 votes cast

Republican 15,349 83.6%
Democratic 2,871 15.6%
Other / third-party 130 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,730 14.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 204 0.5%
Chinese 176 0.4%
German 166 0.4%
Other Indo-European 89 0.2%
Slavic languages 65 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.1%
Tagalog 21 0.1%
Korean 18 0.0%
Arabic 14 0.0%
Vietnamese 10 0.0%
Other 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,379
Family households: 10,610; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 8,495
Single-mother households: 748
Veterans: 2,089; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,456 31.6%
Catholic 3,110 7.3%
Mainline Protestant 2,514 5.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 683 1.6%
Black Protestant 490 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.9%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 266th 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: Stephenville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 14.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023