Jury Pool Profile
Karnes County, Texas
- County seat
- Karnes City
- Judicial district
- 81st District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 15,018
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,968.
At a glance
Karnes County is a 15,018-person venue. The county population is 51% White and 10% Black (Census race-alone categories). 53% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 34.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $68,534, $11,189 below the TX state median of $79,723; 14.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 24.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 18.6% of covered employment, average pay $62,670/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.21%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 79% of the vote across the three. 23% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 3,370 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 14,968
- Median household income
- $60,214
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 51% / 10%.
Karnes County has a population of 14,968, with a median age of 38.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 51.0%; Black residents 9.5%. Independently, 53.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $68,534; 14.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 23% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 11.2% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 18.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.21%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 75%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Karnes County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.8% in 2024, 75.6% in 2020, 70.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 24.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
24.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 3.9% of the adult civilian population (471 individuals).