Jury Pool Profile

Hamilton County, Texas

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 8,320
Median household income: $55,339
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,225 86.8%
Black or African American alone 158 1.9%
Asian alone 5 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 122 1.5%
Two or more races 784 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,129 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 1,845 22.2%
18–24 630 7.6%
25–44 1,770 21.3%
45–64 1,997 24.0%
65 and over 2,078 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $385.9M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,248
Establishments: 276

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 919 31.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 635 22.1%
Leisure & hospitality 307 10.7%
Natural resources & mining 239 8.3%
Manufacturing 224 7.8%
Construction 157 5.5%
Public administration 152 5.3%
Financial activities 85 3.0%
Professional & business services 57 2.0%
Other services 45 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $847
Owner-occupied: 2,427
Renter-occupied: 707

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,464 votes cast

Republican 3,809 85.3%
Democratic 625 14.0%
Other / third-party 30 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 765 9.7%
Slavic languages 58 0.7%
German 43 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,134
Family households: 1,820; 58.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,437
Single-mother households: 82
Veterans: 568; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,044 37.0%
Mainline Protestant 645 7.8%
Catholic 309 3.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.2%
With a disability: 20.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 220th 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: Comanche, Hamilton, Meridian

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 30.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023