Jury Pool Profile
Jones County, Texas
- County seat
- Anson
- Judicial district
- 259th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 20,861
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 20,304.
At a glance
Jones County is a 20,861-person venue. The county population is 63% White and 10% Black (Census race-alone categories). 29% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 55.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $59,076, $20,647 below the TX state median of $79,723; 12.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 17.3% 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 26.4% of covered employment, average pay $48,517/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.62%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 81% to 86% of the vote across the three. At least 26% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 20,304
- Median household income
- $59,464
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 63% / 10%.
Jones County has a population of 20,304, with a median age of 39.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.3%; Black residents 10.1%. Independently, 28.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $59,076; 12.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.7% 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 26% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 26.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.62%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 84%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Jones County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.2% in 2024, 84.0% in 2020, 81.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 17.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
17.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 6.8% of the adult civilian population (1,148 individuals).