Jury Pool Profile

Grimes County, Texas

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 30,385
Median household income: $67,080
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,302 63.5%
Black or African American alone 3,552 11.7%
Asian alone 124 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 161 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,696 8.9%
Two or more races 4,529 14.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,691 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 6,839 22.5%
18–24 2,550 8.4%
25–44 7,334 24.1%
45–64 8,028 26.4%
65 and over 5,634 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,220
Establishments: 597

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,722 21.6%
Manufacturing 1,502 18.8%
Education & health services 1,053 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 710 8.9%
Construction 678 8.5%
Professional & business services 522 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 418 5.2%
Public administration 270 3.4%
Financial activities 156 2.0%
Other services 118 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $985
Owner-occupied: 8,022
Renter-occupied: 2,267

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,043 votes cast

Republican 11,197 79.7%
Democratic 2,734 19.5%
Other / third-party 112 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,665 19.7%
Slavic languages 175 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 71 0.2%
Vietnamese 35 0.1%
Other 35 0.1%
German 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Other Indo-European 16 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,289
Family households: 7,294; 70.9% of households
Married w/ children: 5,865
Single-mother households: 733
Veterans: 1,636; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,561 29.3%
Evangelical Protestant 3,563 12.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 997 3.4%
Mainline Protestant 728 2.5%
Black Protestant 228 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 79.6%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Anderson, Huntsville, Madisonville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 72.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023