Jury Pool Profile
Hartley County, Texas
- County seat
- Channing
- Judicial district
- 69th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,904
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,215.
At a glance
Hartley County is a 4,904-person venue. The county population is 70% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 31% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 56.5%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $91,653, $11,930 above the TX state median of $79,723; 20.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 21.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 58.0% of covered employment, average pay $55,146/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.17%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 89% to 91% of the vote across the three. At least 16% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 5,215
- Median household income
- $75,841
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 70% / 6%.
Hartley County has a population of 5,215, with a median age of 38.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 69.6%; Black residents 6.0%. Independently, 31.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $91,653; 20.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 58% of covered jobs.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 58.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 12.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.17%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 90%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Hartley County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 91.4% in 2024, 89.9% in 2020, 88.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 21.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
21.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 4.6% of the adult civilian population (188 individuals).