Jury Pool Profile

Gaines County, Texas

Republican +83 (2024)

Population: 21,904
Median household income: $76,605
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,823 76.8%
Black or African American alone 541 2.5%
Asian alone 6 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,148 5.2%
Two or more races 3,386 15.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,723 39.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 29.3

Under 18 7,830 35.7%
18–24 2,280 10.4%
25–44 5,046 23.0%
45–64 4,686 21.4%
65 and over 2,062 9.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.94 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,568
Establishments: 683

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,636 24.3%
Natural resources & mining 1,248 18.5%
Education & health services 1,244 18.4%
Construction 803 11.9%
Leisure & hospitality 440 6.5%
Professional & business services 312 4.6%
Manufacturing 279 4.1%
Public administration 243 3.6%
Financial activities 230 3.4%
Other services 157 2.3%
Information 37 0.5%
Unclassified 18 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $788
Owner-occupied: 5,407
Renter-occupied: 1,650

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,416 votes cast

Republican 5,840 91.0%
Democratic 538 8.4%
Other / third-party 38 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

43.2% speak only English at home

German 6,738 34.2%
Spanish 4,466 22.6%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,057
Family households: 5,410; 76.7% of households
Married w/ children: 4,558
Single-mother households: 358
Veterans: 570; 4.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,667 30.9%
Catholic 2,348 10.9%
Black Protestant 366 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 207 1.0%
Mainline Protestant 201 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 67.6%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 106th 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: Lamesa, Post, Seminole, Tahoka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 71.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023