Jury Pool Profile

Hale County, Texas

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 32,247
Median household income: $52,788
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,276 62.9%
Black or African American alone 1,316 4.1%
Asian alone 203 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 555 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 17 0.1%
Some other race alone 4,099 12.7%
Two or more races 5,781 17.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,597 60.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.1

Under 18 8,672 26.9%
18–24 3,603 11.2%
25–44 8,343 25.9%
45–64 7,106 22.0%
65 and over 4,523 14.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,708
Establishments: 854

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,160 29.1%
Education & health services 2,598 23.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,012 9.3%
Public administration 811 7.5%
Natural resources & mining 809 7.4%
Manufacturing 694 6.4%
Professional & business services 435 4.0%
Financial activities 379 3.5%
Other services 373 3.4%
Construction 352 3.2%
Information 58 0.5%
Unclassified 15 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.1%
Median gross rent: $798
Owner-occupied: 6,628
Renter-occupied: 4,406

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,278 votes cast

Republican 7,283 78.5%
Democratic 1,903 20.5%
Other / third-party 92 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

63.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,783 35.8%
German 107 0.4%
Other Indo-European 82 0.3%
Arabic 78 0.3%
Slavic languages 36 0.1%
Tagalog 17 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 17 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,034
Family households: 7,802; 70.7% of households
Married w/ children: 5,216
Single-mother households: 1,145
Veterans: 986; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

83.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,018 46.2%
Catholic 9,248 28.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,690 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 781 2.4%
Black Protestant 370 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 76.5%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 64th 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: Dimmitt, Plainview, Tulia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 16.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023