Jury Pool Profile

Garza County, Texas

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 5,435
Median household income: $50,545
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,320 61.1%
Black or African American alone 568 10.5%
Asian alone 14 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 558 10.3%
Two or more races 937 17.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,717 50.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 1,029 18.9%
18–24 658 12.1%
25–44 1,593 29.3%
45–64 1,350 24.8%
65 and over 805 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $281.6M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,127
Establishments: 178

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 296 18.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 282 17.3%
Professional & business services 280 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 147 9.0%
Education & health services 96 5.9%
Public administration 78 4.8%
Other services 51 3.1%
Financial activities 24 1.5%
Unclassified 3 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.5%
Median gross rent: $797
Owner-occupied: 982
Renter-occupied: 451

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,599 votes cast

Republican 1,374 85.9%
Democratic 213 13.3%
Other / third-party 12 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

61.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,006 38.9%
Other 6 0.1%
Arabic 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,433
Family households: 955; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 708
Single-mother households: 96
Veterans: 316; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,187 20.4%
Catholic 1,098 18.9%
Mainline Protestant 473 8.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.8%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.6%

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: 4; 90.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023