Jury Pool Profile
Falls County, Texas
- County seat
- Marlin
- Judicial district
- 82nd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 17,869
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 17,291.
At a glance
Falls County is a 17,869-person venue. The county population is 58% White and 19% Black (Census race-alone categories). 25% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 49.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $56,486, $23,237 below the TX state median of $79,723; 19.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 15.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.5% of covered employment, average pay $46,886/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.16%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 72% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 17,291
- Median household income
- $57,247
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 58% / 19%.
Falls County has a population of 17,291, with a median age of 40.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 57.9%; Black residents 18.7%. Independently, 25.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $56,486; 19.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 970, Trade, transportation & utilities about 830.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 27.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.16%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Falls County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 72.0% in 2024, 68.1% in 2020, 65.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 15.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
15.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 8.3% of the adult civilian population (1,132 individuals).