Jury Pool Profile

Goliad County, Texas

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 7,096
Median household income: $59,556
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,339 75.2%
Black or African American alone 361 5.1%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 30 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 210 3.0%
Two or more races 1,155 16.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,288 32.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 1,428 20.1%
18–24 468 6.6%
25–44 1,679 23.7%
45–64 1,788 25.2%
65 and over 1,733 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $355.3M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,021
Establishments: 164

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Construction 219 15.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 204 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 182 13.2%
Education & health services 122 8.8%
Public administration 84 6.1%
Financial activities 62 4.5%
Professional & business services 62 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 38 2.8%
Other services 32 2.3%
Manufacturing 19 1.4%
Unclassified 1 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.8%
Median gross rent: $724
Owner-occupied: 2,317
Renter-occupied: 483

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,984 votes cast

Republican 3,178 79.8%
Democratic 778 19.5%
Other / third-party 28 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,032 15.3%
German 89 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 37 0.5%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,800
Family households: 1,837; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,513
Single-mother households: 66
Veterans: 409; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,153 16.4%
Catholic 1,017 14.5%
Mainline Protestant 453 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Cuero, Edna, Goliad, Port Lavaca, Refugio, Victoria

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 35.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023