Jury Pool Profile

Fort Bend County, Texas

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 859,721
Median household income: $113,409
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 318,338 37.0%
Black or African American alone 176,568 20.5%
Asian alone 187,639 21.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,248 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 403 0.0%
Some other race alone 55,288 6.4%
Two or more races 118,237 13.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 210,272 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 231,703 27.0%
18–24 71,366 8.3%
25–44 232,638 27.1%
45–64 219,370 25.5%
65 and over 104,644 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $49.6B; 1.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,566
Establishments: 18,369

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 76,375 30.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 58,655 23.3%
Leisure & hospitality 30,193 12.0%
Professional & business services 27,336 10.9%
Manufacturing 16,169 6.4%
Construction 14,214 5.7%
Financial activities 9,145 3.6%
Other services 6,959 2.8%
Public administration 5,249 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 3,154 1.3%
Information 2,010 0.8%
Unclassified 299 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $1,770
Owner-occupied: 217,921
Renter-occupied: 63,338

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 362,259 votes cast

Democratic 179,310 49.5%
Republican 173,592 47.9%
Other / third-party 9,357 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

59.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 137,109 17.0%
Other Indo-European 60,261 7.5%
Chinese 31,651 3.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 27,920 3.5%
Vietnamese 20,818 2.6%
Other 18,867 2.3%
Arabic 10,315 1.3%
Tagalog 9,300 1.2%
Slavic languages 3,563 0.4%
Korean 3,040 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,015 0.4%
German 2,536 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 281,259
Family households: 230,053; 81.8% of households
Married w/ children: 183,272
Single-mother households: 16,718
Veterans: 27,862; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 137,087 16.7%
Catholic 130,353 15.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 44,920 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 31,185 3.8%
Black Protestant 4,678 0.6%
Orthodox 2,666 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 7.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 49.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 240th District Court
Judges: 4 (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: Richmond

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 44; 7.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 41

NHTSA FARS 2023