Jury Pool Profile

Jim Hogg County, Texas

Democratic +8 (2024)

Population: 4,797
Median household income: $42,230
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,661 55.5%
Black or African American alone 23 0.5%
Asian alone 46 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 150 3.1%
Two or more races 1,917 40.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,757 78.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 25

Under 18 1,664 34.7%
18–24 727 15.2%
25–44 1,083 22.6%
45–64 918 19.1%
65 and over 405 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.9 pp vs. state
County GDP: $216.3M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,698
Establishments: 128

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 327 20.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 264 16.1%
Natural resources & mining 88 5.4%
Leisure & hospitality 76 4.6%
Financial activities 46 2.8%
Other services 34 2.1%
Professional & business services 7 0.4%
Unclassified 6 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.5%
Median gross rent: $820
Owner-occupied: 751
Renter-occupied: 470

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,585 votes cast

Democratic 856 54.0%
Republican 725 45.7%
Other / third-party 4 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

40.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,219 58.2%
Tagalog 46 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,221
Family households: 854; 69.9% of households
Married w/ children: 544
Single-mother households: 105
Veterans: 48; 1.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

92.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,231 87.5%
Mainline Protestant 102 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 96 2.0%
Evangelical Protestant 49 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 68.7%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 229th 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: Hebbronville, Rio Grande City, San Diego

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 95.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023