Jury Pool Profile

Gonzales County, Texas

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 19,764
Median household income: $59,355
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,826 64.9%
Black or African American alone 1,242 6.3%
Asian alone 124 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 97 0.5%
Some other race alone 1,563 7.9%
Two or more races 3,888 19.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,035 50.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 5,159 26.1%
18–24 1,601 8.1%
25–44 4,435 22.4%
45–64 4,718 23.9%
65 and over 3,851 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,216
Establishments: 550

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,746 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,621 22.6%
Natural resources & mining 1,164 16.2%
Manufacturing 1,006 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 540 7.5%
Public administration 320 4.5%
Financial activities 227 3.2%
Professional & business services 216 3.0%
Construction 166 2.3%
Other services 76 1.1%
Information 11 0.2%
Unclassified 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.9%
Median gross rent: $837
Owner-occupied: 5,355
Renter-occupied: 2,301

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,755 votes cast

Republican 5,981 77.1%
Democratic 1,729 22.3%
Other / third-party 45 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,031 27.3%
Tagalog 32 0.2%
Korean 27 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%
Slavic languages 17 0.1%
German 14 0.1%
Vietnamese 11 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,656
Family households: 4,996; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,308
Single-mother households: 804
Veterans: 772; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

83.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,980 40.6%
Evangelical Protestant 5,900 30.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,022 10.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 252 1.3%
Black Protestant 202 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.6%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th 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: Columbus, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Seguin

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 47.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023