Jury Pool Profile

Frio County, Texas

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 18,019
Median household income: $60,098
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,391 46.6%
Black or African American alone 814 4.5%
Asian alone 391 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,786 15.5%
Two or more races 5,595 31.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,977 77.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.8

Under 18 4,685 26.0%
18–24 2,019 11.2%
25–44 5,616 31.2%
45–64 3,478 19.3%
65 and over 2,221 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +1.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,009
Establishments: 396

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 1,404 21.6%
Education & health services 1,232 18.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,097 16.9%
Professional & business services 910 14.0%
Public administration 658 10.1%
Leisure & hospitality 421 6.5%
Construction 294 4.5%
Financial activities 193 3.0%
Manufacturing 90 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.0%
Median gross rent: $1,006
Owner-occupied: 3,243
Renter-occupied: 1,901

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,933 votes cast

Republican 3,060 62.0%
Democratic 1,848 37.5%
Other / third-party 25 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

47.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,639 51.3%
Vietnamese 56 0.3%
Other 30 0.2%
Other Indo-European 27 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
German 11 0.1%
Korean 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,144
Family households: 3,671; 71.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,350
Single-mother households: 433
Veterans: 594; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

19.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,894 10.3%
Evangelical Protestant 961 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 674 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 138 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.5%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 81st 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: Cotulla, Floresville, Jourdanton, Karnes City, Pearsall

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 60 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023