Jury Pool Profile

Jim Wells County, Texas

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 38,863
Median household income: $47,492
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,485 78.4%
Black or African American alone 313 0.8%
Asian alone 190 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 188 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 77 0.2%
Some other race alone 1,693 4.4%
Two or more races 5,917 15.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30,860 79.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.5

Under 18 10,628 27.3%
18–24 3,527 9.1%
25–44 9,890 25.4%
45–64 8,671 22.3%
65 and over 6,147 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.9 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,794
Establishments: 871

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,803 38.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,370 15.8%
Natural resources & mining 2,298 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,704 11.3%
Professional & business services 598 4.0%
Financial activities 563 3.7%
Public administration 504 3.4%
Construction 380 2.5%
Other services 261 1.7%
Manufacturing 257 1.7%
Information 46 0.3%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.5%
Median gross rent: $885
Owner-occupied: 8,971
Renter-occupied: 4,327

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,268 votes cast

Republican 7,636 57.6%
Democratic 5,577 42.0%
Other / third-party 55 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

51.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 17,252 47.6%
Arabic 176 0.5%
Other Indo-European 113 0.3%
Tagalog 55 0.2%
German 32 0.1%
Slavic languages 31 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%
Chinese 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,298
Family households: 10,001; 75.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,637
Single-mother households: 1,644
Veterans: 1,626; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 20,301 52.2%
Evangelical Protestant 7,180 18.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 980 2.5%
Mainline Protestant 494 1.3%
Black Protestant 70 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.7%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 79th 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: Alice, Falfurrias

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 56.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023