Jury Pool Profile

Lavaca County, Texas

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 20,479
Median household income: $61,768
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,491 75.6%
Black or African American alone 817 4.0%
Asian alone 104 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,146 10.5%
Two or more races 1,911 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,046 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

Under 18 4,857 23.7%
18–24 1,384 6.8%
25–44 4,482 21.9%
45–64 4,939 24.1%
65 and over 4,817 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -1.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,557
Establishments: 501

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,971 32.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,465 23.8%
Manufacturing 946 15.4%
Construction 409 6.7%
Leisure & hospitality 289 4.7%
Public administration 247 4.0%
Professional & business services 204 3.3%
Financial activities 171 2.8%
Other services 154 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 153 2.5%
Information 59 1.0%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $879
Owner-occupied: 6,390
Renter-occupied: 1,980

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,486 votes cast

Republican 9,215 87.9%
Democratic 1,235 11.8%
Other / third-party 36 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,139 11.1%
Slavic languages 288 1.5%
German 55 0.3%
Tagalog 50 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 37 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.2%
Other Indo-European 25 0.1%
Other 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,370
Family households: 5,679; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,575
Single-mother households: 346
Veterans: 1,066; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

86.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 12,588 61.9%
Evangelical Protestant 3,149 15.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,419 7.0%
Black Protestant 278 1.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 114 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.9%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th 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: Columbus, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Seguin

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 38.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023