Jury Pool Profile
Kleberg County, Texas
- County seat
- Kingsville
- Judicial district
- 105th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 30,315
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 30,579.
At a glance
Kleberg County is a 30,315-person venue. The county population is 42% White (Census race-alone categories). 71% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 20.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $57,810, $21,913 below the TX state median of $79,723; 23.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 34.4% 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 25.9% of covered employment, average pay $58,625/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.69%, above the 4.32% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 30,579
- Median household income
- $61,292
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 42%; Black: 4%.
Kleberg County has a population of 30,579, with a median age of 29.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 42.1%; Black residents 3.8%. Independently, 71.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,810; 23.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 21.4% 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 25.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 14.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.69%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Kleberg County was carried by the Republican candidate with 56.1% of the vote in 2024; the Republican candidate with 50.3% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 49.7% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 34.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
34.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog. Veterans account for 8.7% of the adult civilian population (1,991 individuals).