Jury Pool Profile

Houston County, Texas

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 22,042
Median household income: $54,563
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,899 63.1%
Black or African American alone 4,864 22.1%
Asian alone 152 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 153 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 875 4.0%
Two or more races 2,094 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,096 14.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 4,415 20.0%
18–24 1,323 6.0%
25–44 5,527 25.1%
45–64 5,952 27.0%
65 and over 4,825 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,764
Establishments: 1,024

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,484 19.5%
Education & health services 1,395 18.3%
Manufacturing 909 11.9%
Professional & business services 882 11.6%
Public administration 766 10.0%
Leisure & hospitality 740 9.7%
Natural resources & mining 347 4.6%
Construction 336 4.4%
Financial activities 297 3.9%
Other services 280 3.7%
Information 87 1.1%
Unclassified 18 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $873
Owner-occupied: 5,365
Renter-occupied: 2,430

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,362 votes cast

Republican 7,247 77.4%
Democratic 2,065 22.1%
Other / third-party 50 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,875 9.0%
Arabic 57 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.2%
Tagalog 37 0.2%
Korean 35 0.2%
German 27 0.1%
Other Indo-European 21 0.1%
Other 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,795
Family households: 5,146; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,753
Single-mother households: 405
Veterans: 1,485; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,773 35.2%
Black Protestant 1,986 9.0%
Catholic 1,809 8.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,194 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.2%
With a disability: 23.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Athens, Crockett, Palestine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 39.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023