Jury Pool Profile

Live Oak County, Texas

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 11,444
Median household income: $53,869
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,817 77.0%
Black or African American alone 269 2.4%
Asian alone 57 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 56 0.5%
Some other race alone 380 3.3%
Two or more races 1,847 16.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,815 42.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.6

Under 18 2,344 20.5%
18–24 777 6.8%
25–44 3,299 28.8%
45–64 2,711 23.7%
65 and over 2,313 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,440
Establishments: 315

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 896 24.1%
Natural resources & mining 474 12.8%
Public administration 460 12.4%
Manufacturing 355 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 319 8.6%
Financial activities 299 8.0%
Professional & business services 201 5.4%
Construction 145 3.9%
Education & health services 125 3.4%
Other services 56 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $949
Owner-occupied: 3,071
Renter-occupied: 1,139

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,092 votes cast

Republican 4,307 84.6%
Democratic 761 14.9%
Other / third-party 24 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,887 26.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 56 0.5%
Korean 38 0.4%
Tagalog 29 0.3%
Slavic languages 23 0.2%
Chinese 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,210
Family households: 2,709; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,122
Single-mother households: 285
Veterans: 519; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,121 27.5%
Catholic 2,958 26.1%
Mainline Protestant 456 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 92 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.9%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 36th 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: Beeville, George West, Rockport, Sinton, Tilden

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 76.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023