Jury Pool Profile

Hartley County, Texas

Republican +83 (2024)

Population: 5,307
Median household income: $82,122
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,641 68.6%
Black or African American alone 355 6.7%
Asian alone 16 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.2%
Some other race alone 210 4.0%
Two or more races 1,031 19.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,629 30.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 1,198 22.6%
18–24 109 2.1%
25–44 1,863 35.1%
45–64 1,260 23.7%
65 and over 877 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -1.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,859
Establishments: 157

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 1,467 54.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 340 12.7%
Construction 149 5.6%
Professional & business services 65 2.4%
Other services 47 1.8%
Financial activities 35 1.3%
Education & health services 31 1.2%
Manufacturing 28 1.0%
Public administration 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.7%
Median gross rent: $1,023
Owner-occupied: 1,254
Renter-occupied: 381

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,016 votes cast

Republican 1,843 91.4%
Democratic 163 8.1%
Other / third-party 10 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,009 20.2%
German 49 1.0%
Other Indo-European 35 0.7%
Other 12 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.1%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,635
Family households: 1,184; 72.4% of households
Married w/ children: 981
Single-mother households: 64
Veterans: 173; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,765 32.8%
Catholic 300 5.6%
Mainline Protestant 19 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.9%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 69th 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: Channing, Dalhart, Dumas, Stratford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 48.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023