Jury Pool Profile
Glasscock County, Texas
- County seat
- Garden City
- Judicial district
- 118th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,128
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,068.
At a glance
Glasscock County is a 1,128-person venue. The county population is 71% White (Census race-alone categories). 27% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $107,849, $28,126 above the TX state median of $79,723; 29.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 24.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Natural resources & mining, at 31.8% of covered employment, average pay $67,420/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.63%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 92% to 94% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 1,068
- Median household income
- $101,250
- Unemployment
- 2.6%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 71% / 0%.
Glasscock County has a population of 1,068, with a median age of 39.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 70.8%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 27.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $107,849; 29.2% 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: Natural resources & mining about 300, Trade, transportation & utilities about 260. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 14.6% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest published sector at 31.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 27.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.63%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 93%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Glasscock County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 94.0% in 2024, 93.6% in 2020, 91.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 73% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 24.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
24.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 3.1% of the adult civilian population (25 individuals).