Jury Pool Profile

Hays County, Texas

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 256,429
Median household income: $85,827
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 170,650 66.5%
Black or African American alone 10,507 4.1%
Asian alone 4,947 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,843 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 302 0.1%
Some other race alone 15,907 6.2%
Two or more races 52,273 20.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 100,152 39.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.9

Under 18 57,970 22.6%
18–24 39,285 15.3%
25–44 73,365 28.6%
45–64 55,298 21.6%
65 and over 30,511 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $15.3B; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,838
Establishments: 6,330

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 24,793 25.9%
Education & health services 18,564 19.4%
Leisure & hospitality 13,308 13.9%
Professional & business services 9,582 10.0%
Construction 7,515 7.9%
Manufacturing 5,585 5.8%
Other services 3,446 3.6%
Financial activities 3,382 3.5%
Public administration 2,769 2.9%
Information 982 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 238 0.2%
Unclassified 115 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.1%
Median gross rent: $1,417
Owner-occupied: 60,587
Renter-occupied: 33,912

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 125,688 votes cast

Democratic 65,528 52.1%
Republican 58,438 46.5%
Other / third-party 1,722 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 53,011 22.0%
Other Indo-European 2,391 1.0%
Tagalog 974 0.4%
Arabic 784 0.3%
German 738 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 599 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 472 0.2%
Chinese 399 0.2%
Slavic languages 287 0.1%
Vietnamese 283 0.1%
Other 274 0.1%
Korean 140 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 94,499
Family households: 61,586; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 47,663
Single-mother households: 4,829
Veterans: 13,322; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 41,087 17.0%
Evangelical Protestant 36,627 15.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,606 3.6%
Mainline Protestant 7,384 3.1%
Black Protestant 400 0.2%
Orthodox 70 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Lockhart, New Braunfels, San Marcos

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 36; 18.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 32

NHTSA FARS 2023