Jury Pool Profile
Kaufman County, Texas
- County seat
- Kaufman
- Judicial district
- 86th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 209,235
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 172,604.
At a glance
Kaufman County is a 209,235-person venue. The county population is 54% White and 19% Black (Census race-alone categories). 27% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 48.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $90,670, $10,947 above the TX state median of $79,723; 26.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other and unspecified languages (1.6%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 30.4% of covered employment, average pay $53,420/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.39%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 64% to 72% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 172,604
- Median household income
- $89,485
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 54% / 19%.
Kaufman County has a population of 172,604, with a median age of 33.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 54.2%; Black residents 18.6%. Independently, 27.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $90,670; 26.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 13,880 jobs; Education & health services, about 11,650, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 30.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 23.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.39%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 67%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Kaufman County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 63.5% in 2024, 66.4% in 2020, 72.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 77% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
22.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (7,172 individuals).