Jury Pool Profile

Hansford County, Texas

Republican +85 (2024)

Population: 5,182
Median household income: $68,299
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,687 71.2%
Black or African American alone 11 0.2%
Asian alone 6 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 48 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 245 4.7%
Two or more races 1,185 22.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,575 49.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.9

Under 18 1,496 28.9%
18–24 459 8.9%
25–44 1,194 23.0%
45–64 1,315 25.4%
65 and over 718 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.74 pp vs. state
County GDP: $901.5M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,672
Establishments: 235

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 538 25.4%
Natural resources & mining 516 24.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 404 19.1%
Construction 139 6.6%
Financial activities 131 6.2%
Public administration 92 4.3%
Manufacturing 72 3.4%
Professional & business services 60 2.8%
Leisure & hospitality 60 2.8%
Other services 45 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $770
Owner-occupied: 1,402
Renter-occupied: 425

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,999 votes cast

Republican 1,842 92.1%
Democratic 146 7.3%
Other / third-party 11 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

64.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,700 35.3%
German 14 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,827
Family households: 1,296; 70.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,105
Single-mother households: 100
Veterans: 219; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

76.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,922 36.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,147 21.7%
Catholic 993 18.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.0%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 84th 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: Perryton, Spearman, Stinnett

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 27.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023