Jury Pool Profile
Gillespie County, Texas
- County seat
- Fredericksburg
- Judicial district
- 216th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 28,527
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 27,524.
At a glance
Gillespie County is a 28,527-person venue. The county population is 82% White (Census race-alone categories). 23% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 73.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $86,869, $7,146 above the TX state median of $79,723; 37.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 20.9% of covered employment, average pay $60,586/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.26%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 27,524
- Median household income
- $76,162
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 82% / 0%.
Gillespie County has a population of 27,524, with a median age of 50.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 81.9%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 22.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $86,869; 37.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 2,690, Leisure & hospitality about 2,600.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 20.9% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 20.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.26%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Gillespie County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.1% in 2024, 79.0% in 2020, 79.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
16.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 9.1% of the adult civilian population (2,008 individuals).