Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Texas

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 10,522
Median household income: $66,800
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,282 78.7%
Black or African American alone 543 5.2%
Asian alone 20 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 332 3.2%
Two or more races 1,316 12.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,500 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 2,380 22.6%
18–24 715 6.8%
25–44 2,321 22.1%
45–64 2,783 26.4%
65 and over 2,323 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $657.9M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,197
Establishments: 488

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,178 32.3%
Education & health services 897 24.6%
Leisure & hospitality 289 7.9%
Professional & business services 228 6.3%
Construction 186 5.1%
Other services 132 3.6%
Public administration 125 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 96 2.6%
Manufacturing 96 2.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.4%
Median gross rent: $948
Owner-occupied: 3,129
Renter-occupied: 813

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,310 votes cast

Republican 4,473 84.2%
Democratic 813 15.3%
Other / third-party 24 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,116 11.2%
German 35 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 31 0.3%
Korean 16 0.2%
Other Indo-European 8 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,942
Family households: 2,708; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,155
Single-mother households: 83
Veterans: 517; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,229 31.2%
Catholic 779 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 510 4.9%
Black Protestant 296 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.4%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Cooper, Emory, Mount Vernon, Sulphur Springs

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 61.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023