Jury Pool Profile

Karnes County, Texas

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 14,819
Median household income: $59,103
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,743 59.0%
Black or African American alone 1,074 7.2%
Asian alone 243 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 57 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,154 7.8%
Two or more races 3,540 23.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,863 53.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 2,983 20.1%
18–24 1,340 9.0%
25–44 5,076 34.3%
45–64 3,214 21.7%
65 and over 2,206 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.0B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,755
Establishments: 409

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,147 18.6%
Education & health services 1,122 18.2%
Professional & business services 1,080 17.5%
Natural resources & mining 775 12.5%
Leisure & hospitality 498 8.1%
Public administration 293 4.7%
Financial activities 273 4.4%
Manufacturing 246 4.0%
Construction 233 3.8%
Other services 82 1.3%
Unclassified 10 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%
Median gross rent: $872
Owner-occupied: 3,033
Renter-occupied: 1,610

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,075 votes cast

Republican 4,001 78.8%
Democratic 1,051 20.7%
Other / third-party 23 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,517 25.0%
Vietnamese 227 1.6%
Slavic languages 65 0.5%
Other Indo-European 55 0.4%
German 38 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.3%
Tagalog 25 0.2%
Other 17 0.1%
Korean 6 0.0%
Arabic 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,643
Family households: 3,050; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,941
Single-mother households: 543
Veterans: 596; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,095 41.4%
Evangelical Protestant 2,394 16.3%
Mainline Protestant 825 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.6%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 81st 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: Cotulla, Floresville, Jourdanton, Karnes City, Pearsall

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 84.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023