Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Texas

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 253,939
Median household income: $59,934
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 111,975 44.1%
Black or African American alone 84,147 33.1%
Asian alone 9,552 3.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,037 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 150 0.1%
Some other race alone 16,852 6.6%
Two or more races 30,226 11.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59,759 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 62,564 24.6%
18–24 21,893 8.6%
25–44 70,093 27.6%
45–64 60,967 24.0%
65 and over 38,422 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $27.1B; 0.98% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,970
Establishments: 5,839

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 27,460 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 23,589 18.9%
Construction 18,075 14.5%
Manufacturing 16,044 12.8%
Professional & business services 12,257 9.8%
Leisure & hospitality 12,093 9.7%
Financial activities 4,774 3.8%
Public administration 4,214 3.4%
Other services 2,904 2.3%
Information 795 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 611 0.5%
Unclassified 50 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.8%
Median gross rent: $1,079
Owner-occupied: 57,912
Renter-occupied: 35,734

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 86,272 votes cast

Republican 46,596 54.0%
Democratic 38,936 45.1%
Other / third-party 740 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

76.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 44,731 18.9%
Vietnamese 3,765 1.6%
Other Indo-European 2,037 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 974 0.4%
Tagalog 712 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 687 0.3%
German 511 0.2%
Arabic 473 0.2%
Other 340 0.1%
Chinese 267 0.1%
Korean 186 0.1%
Slavic languages 74 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 93,646
Family households: 60,704; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 40,183
Single-mother households: 9,240
Veterans: 12,917; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 67,727 26.4%
Evangelical Protestant 65,376 25.5%
Black Protestant 25,141 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 10,882 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,078 3.9%
Orthodox 200 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.7%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 58th District Court
Judges: 5 (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: Beaumont

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 31; 16.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 29

NHTSA FARS 2023