Jury Pool Profile
Lee County, Texas
- County seat
- Giddings
- Judicial district
- 21st District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 18,729
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 17,971.
At a glance
Lee County is an 18,729-person venue. The county population is 66% White and 10% 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 59.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $79,291; 20.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Construction, at 30.8% of covered employment, average pay $87,726/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.82%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 17,971
- Median household income
- $76,371
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 66% / 10%.
Lee County has a population of 17,971, with a median age of 42.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 65.8%; Black residents 9.6%. Independently, 26.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $79,291; 20.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Construction, about 31% of covered jobs.
Construction is the largest employment sector at 30.8% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 13.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.82%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Lee County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.9% in 2024, 77.4% in 2020, 76.6% 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'). 18.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
18.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 6.3% of the adult civilian population (896 individuals).