Jury Pool Profile

Hemphill County, Texas

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 3,311
Median household income: $72,052
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,473 74.7%
Black or African American alone 69 2.1%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 412 12.4%
Two or more races 343 10.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,099 33.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 776 23.4%
18–24 326 9.8%
25–44 725 21.9%
45–64 849 25.6%
65 and over 635 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $439.8M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,967
Establishments: 196

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 300 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 188 13.7%
Leisure & hospitality 112 8.2%
Professional & business services 73 5.3%
Construction 71 5.2%
Financial activities 63 4.6%
Public administration 61 4.5%
Education & health services 36 2.6%
Other services 22 1.6%
Manufacturing 20 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $946
Owner-occupied: 1,045
Renter-occupied: 323

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,612 votes cast

Republican 1,412 87.6%
Democratic 190 11.8%
Other / third-party 10 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

69.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 945 30.0%
German 11 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,368
Family households: 902; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 746
Single-mother households: 14
Veterans: 118; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,387 41.0%
Catholic 620 18.3%
Mainline Protestant 558 16.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.1%
With a disability: 20.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 31st 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: Canadian, Lipscomb, Miami, Pampa, Wheeler

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023