Jury Pool Profile
Gaines County, Texas
- County seat
- Seminole
- Judicial district
- 106th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 23,956
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 22,232.
At a glance
Gaines County is a 23,956-person venue. The county population is 70% White (Census race-alone categories). 40% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 56.4%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $71,008, $8,715 below the TX state median of $79,723; 11.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 58.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.4% of covered employment, average pay $67,827/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.21%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 85% to 91% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 22,232
- Median household income
- $74,132
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 70% / 2%.
Gaines County has a population of 22,232, with a median age of 29.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 70.2%; Black residents 2.1%. Independently, 40.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $71,008; 11.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 23% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 8.6% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 23.4% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 18.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.21%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 88%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Gaines County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 91.0% in 2024, 89.3% in 2020, 84.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 58.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
58.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 2.9% of the adult civilian population (419 individuals).