Jury Pool Profile
Jim Wells County, Texas
- County seat
- Alice
- Judicial district
- 79th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 38,804
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 38,850.
At a glance
Jim Wells County is a 38,804-person venue. The county population is 68% White (Census race-alone categories). 80% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 18.4%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $55,920, $23,803 below the TX state median of $79,723; 16.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 48.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 39.2% of covered employment, average pay $32,618/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.43%, above the 4.32% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 38,850
- Median household income
- $51,896
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 68% / 1%.
Jim Wells County has a population of 38,850, with a median age of 35.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 68.0%; Black residents 1.4%. Independently, 79.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $55,920; 16.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 39% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 13.9% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 39.2% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 15.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.43%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Jim Wells County was carried by the Republican candidate with 57.6% of the vote in 2024; the Republican candidate with 54.5% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 54.2% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 76% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 48.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
48.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Arabic. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (1,709 individuals).