Jury Pool Profile

Gillespie County, Texas

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 27,202
Median household income: $67,799
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,081 84.9%
Black or African American alone 123 0.5%
Asian alone 91 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 151 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 77 0.3%
Some other race alone 1,280 4.7%
Two or more races 2,399 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,092 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.5

Under 18 5,277 19.4%
18–24 1,597 5.9%
25–44 5,441 20.0%
45–64 6,810 25.0%
65 and over 8,077 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -1.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,711
Establishments: 1,238

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 2,541 20.4%
Education & health services 2,530 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,445 19.6%
Manufacturing 1,571 12.6%
Construction 1,151 9.2%
Professional & business services 786 6.3%
Financial activities 589 4.7%
Public administration 333 2.7%
Other services 221 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 113 0.9%
Information 80 0.6%
Unclassified 12 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.0%
Median gross rent: $1,331
Owner-occupied: 8,004
Renter-occupied: 3,268

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,482 votes cast

Republican 13,202 80.1%
Democratic 3,160 19.2%
Other / third-party 120 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,130 12.1%
German 608 2.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 117 0.5%
Tagalog 28 0.1%
Slavic languages 17 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,272
Family households: 7,372; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,175
Single-mother households: 448
Veterans: 1,916; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

83.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 11,183 41.8%
Evangelical Protestant 6,877 25.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,283 12.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 809 3.0%
Orthodox 65 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.5%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 216th 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: Fredericksburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 36.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023