Jury Pool Profile

Jeff Davis County, Texas

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 1,740
Median household income: $32,625
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,254 72.1%
Black or African American alone 11 0.6%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 59 3.4%
Two or more races 416 23.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 540 31.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 58.7

Under 18 294 16.9%
18–24 43 2.5%
25–44 167 9.6%
45–64 556 32.0%
65 and over 680 39.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $105.2M; 0% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,729
Establishments: 88

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 195 23.0%
Natural resources & mining 146 17.2%
Education & health services 96 11.3%
Professional & business services 96 11.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 84 9.9%
Other services 45 5.3%
Public administration 18 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 89.8%
Median gross rent: $1,314
Owner-occupied: 761
Renter-occupied: 86

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,169 votes cast

Republican 699 59.8%
Democratic 450 38.5%
Other / third-party 20 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 440 27.3%
German 16 1.0%
Slavic languages 11 0.7%
Other 8 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 847
Family households: 490; 57.9% of households
Married w/ children: 365
Single-mother households: 51
Veterans: 92; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 327 16.4%
Catholic 300 15.0%
Mainline Protestant 89 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.7%
With a disability: 22.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 394th 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: Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 138.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023