Jury Pool Profile
Hays County, Texas
- County seat
- San Marcos
- Judicial district
- 22nd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 304,390
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 268,638.
At a glance
Hays County is a 304,390-person venue. The county population is 61% White (Census race-alone categories). 39% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 50.5%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $91,880, $12,157 above the TX state median of $79,723; 43.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 24.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.9% of covered employment, average pay $50,253/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, below the 4.32% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 268,638
- Median household income
- $89,097
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 61% / 4%.
Hays County has a population of 268,638, with a median age of 34.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 60.5%; Black residents 4.1%. Independently, 39.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $91,880; 43.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 25,540 jobs; Education & health services, about 23,710, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Hays County was carried by the Democratic candidate with 52.1% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 54.4% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 47.2% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 24.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
24.7% 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 6.8% of the adult civilian population (14,042 individuals).