Jury Pool Profile
Hudspeth County, Texas
- County seat
- Sierra Blanca
- Judicial district
- 205th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,433
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,403.
At a glance
Hudspeth County is a 3,433-person venue. The county population is 32% White (Census race-alone categories). 67% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $48,355, $31,368 below the TX state median of $79,723; 9.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 63.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 36.4% of covered employment, average pay $124,254/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.02%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 58% to 73% of the vote across the three. At least 14% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 3,403
- Median household income
- $48,600
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 32%; Black: 1%.
Hudspeth County has a population of 3,403, with a median age of 37.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 32.1%; Black residents 1.5%. Independently, 66.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $48,355; 9.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 30.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Public administration, about 36% of covered jobs.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 36.4% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 14.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.02%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 66%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Hudspeth County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.1% in 2024, 66.9% in 2020, 57.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 63.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
63.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (196 individuals).