Jury Pool Profile
Harris County, Texas
- County seat
- Houston
- Judicial district
- 11th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 5,045,026
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,838,303.
At a glance
Harris County is a 5,045,026-person venue. The county population is 34% White and 19% Black (Census race-alone categories). 44% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 26.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $74,682, $5,041 below the TX state median of $79,723; 34.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 45.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.2%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.0% of covered employment, average pay $84,113/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.75%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,838,303
- Median household income
- $74,983
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 34%; Black: 19%.
Harris County has a population of 4,838,303, with a median age of 34.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 34.4%; Black residents 19.0%. Independently, 44.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $74,682; 34.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 525,830, Trade, transportation & utilities about 515,980.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.75%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Harris County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 52.0% in 2024, 56.0% in 2020, 54.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 45.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
45.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese. Veterans account for 4.2% of the adult civilian population (151,833 individuals).