Jury Pool Profile

Hidalgo County, Texas

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 880,921
Median household income: $52,281
Unemployment: 6.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 348,336 39.5%
Black or African American alone 6,070 0.7%
Asian alone 8,981 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,170 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 195 0.0%
Some other race alone 95,062 10.8%
Two or more races 419,107 47.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 809,705 91.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 30.3

Under 18 276,639 31.4%
18–24 97,711 11.1%
25–44 228,626 26.0%
45–64 176,449 20.0%
65 and over 101,496 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.4%; +2.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $31.4B; 1.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,905
Establishments: 14,062

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 127,171 43.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 57,063 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 31,019 10.6%
Professional & business services 25,450 8.7%
Public administration 12,056 4.1%
Financial activities 9,240 3.2%
Construction 8,869 3.0%
Manufacturing 6,884 2.4%
Other services 5,005 1.7%
Information 3,057 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 2,935 1.0%
Unclassified 204 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.6%
Median gross rent: $925
Owner-occupied: 178,475
Renter-occupied: 85,653

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 217,194 votes cast

Republican 110,760 51.0%
Democratic 104,517 48.1%
Other / third-party 1,917 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

19.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 643,281 79.3%
Tagalog 1,879 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,703 0.2%
Other Indo-European 1,412 0.2%
Korean 958 0.1%
Vietnamese 655 0.1%
German 556 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 503 0.1%
Chinese 427 0.1%
Other 400 0.0%
Arabic 284 0.0%
Slavic languages 141 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 264,128
Family households: 206,551; 78.2% of households
Married w/ children: 136,679
Single-mother households: 28,893
Veterans: 19,430; 3.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 405,525 46.6%
Evangelical Protestant 87,360 10.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 31,505 3.6%
Mainline Protestant 9,820 1.1%
Black Protestant 710 0.1%
Orthodox 140 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 70.3%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 92nd District Court
Judges: 14 (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: Edinburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 84; 13.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 74

NHTSA FARS 2023