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Jury Pool Profile

Fisher County, Texas

Republican +63.3 (2024)
County seat
Roby
Judicial district
32nd District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
3,692
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,655.

At a glance

Fisher County is a 3,692-person venue. The county population is 76% White (Census race-alone categories). 28% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 64.2%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $64,430, $15,293 below the TX state median of $79,723; 17.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 13.8% 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 17.5% of covered employment, average pay $72,408/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.33%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 81% of the vote across the three.

Population
3,655
Median household income
$65,533
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 76% / 3%.

Fisher County has a population of 3,655, with a median age of 40.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 75.6%; Black residents 3.4%. Independently, 28.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $64,430; 17.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 2,347 64.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,023 28.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 126 3.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 7 0.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 133 3.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 15 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

  • Under 18 829 22.7%
  • 18–24 137 3.7%
  • 25–44 1,070 29.3%
  • 45–64 858 23.5%
  • 65 and over 761 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$64,430
90% interval $57,733–$71,127
−$15,293 vs TX · 134th of 254
Below poverty line
14.9%
90% interval 11.4%–18.4%
+1.5 pp vs TX · 121st of 254

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 36% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 17.5% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 11.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.33%, below the Texas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
−0.99 pp vs. state
County GDP
$422.5M
0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay
$59,140
Establishments
113

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 143 17.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 93 11.4%
  • Education & health services 63 7.7%
  • Professional & business services 29 3.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 28 3.4%
  • Public administration 5 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 44.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
80.4%
+17.8 pp vs TX · 43rd of 254
Median gross rent
$601
−$802 vs TX · 239th of 254
Owner-occupied
1,258
Renter-occupied
306

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 37% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 1.8× the lowest ($72,408 vs $41,100/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 7.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Fisher County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.3% in 2024, 79.3% in 2020, 73.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,829 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.5%23.4%
202079.3%19.3%
202481.3%18.0%
  • Republican 1,487 81.3%
  • Democratic 330 18.0%
  • Other / third-party 12 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 73% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 13.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

13.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish. Veterans account for 8.8% of the adult civilian population (249 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

86.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 468 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
1,564
Family households
1,141
73.0% of households
Married couples w/ children
362
31.7% of families
Single-mother families
119
10.4% of families
Veterans
249
8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

92.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,497 68.0%
  • Catholic 540 14.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 353 9.6%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.3%
±2.8 pp
Uninsured
11.7%
±2.8 pp
224th of 254
With a disability
17.7%
±2.7 pp
86th of 254
Bachelor's or higher
17.1%
±2.8 pp
−16.7 pp vs TX · 171st of 254
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.8%
90% interval 13.3%–16.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
32nd 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
Colorado City, Roby, Sweetwater

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Fisher totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Fisher County, Texas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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