Jury Pool Profile
Hockley County, Texas
- County seat
- Levelland
- Judicial district
- 286th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 21,600
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 21,363.
At a glance
Hockley County is a 21,600-person venue. The county population is 57% White (Census race-alone categories). 50% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 43.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $64,664, $15,059 below the TX state median of $79,723; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 25.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 27.3% of covered employment, average pay $115,404/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.0%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 80% to 83% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 21,363
- Median household income
- $63,140
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 57% / 3%.
Hockley County has a population of 21,363, with a median age of 35.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 57.2%; Black residents 3.4%. Independently, 50.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,664; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Natural resources & mining, about 2,440 jobs; Education & health services, about 2,150, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 24.2% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 27.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 23.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.0%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Hockley County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.8% in 2024, 80.7% in 2020, 79.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 25.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
25.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Arabic. Veterans account for 4.4% of the adult civilian population (695 individuals).