Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Texas

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 17,758
Median household income: $66,000
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,194 74.3%
Black or African American alone 1,841 10.4%
Asian alone 12 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 342 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 555 3.1%
Two or more races 1,814 10.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,649 26.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 3,833 21.6%
18–24 1,321 7.4%
25–44 4,466 25.1%
45–64 4,453 25.1%
65 and over 3,685 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,553
Establishments: 466

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Construction 2,338 29.8%
Natural resources & mining 1,111 14.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,088 13.9%
Education & health services 943 12.0%
Public administration 596 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 548 7.0%
Manufacturing 503 6.4%
Financial activities 263 3.4%
Professional & business services 170 2.2%
Other services 158 2.0%
Information 64 0.8%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $1,050
Owner-occupied: 5,248
Renter-occupied: 1,472

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,413 votes cast

Republican 6,724 79.9%
Democratic 1,640 19.5%
Other / third-party 49 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

80.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,059 18.4%
German 185 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.2%
Other Indo-European 13 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,720
Family households: 4,955; 73.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,636
Single-mother households: 445
Veterans: 1,010; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,133 35.1%
Catholic 4,514 25.8%
Mainline Protestant 805 4.6%
Black Protestant 354 2.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.4%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Bastrop, Brenham, Caldwell, Giddings

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 21.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023