Jury Pool Profile

Loving County, Texas

Republican +78.4 (2024)

County seat: Mentone
Judicial district: 143rd District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 52; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 33.

At a glance

Loving County is a 52-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $128,055, $48,332 above the TX state median of $79,723. 63.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Transportation & utilities, at 73.1% of covered employment. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 0.5%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 89% to 91% of the vote across the three.

Population: 33
Median household income: $51,250
Unemployment: 0.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 0%.

Loving County has a population of 33, with a median age of 86.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.9%; Black residents 0.0%.

The median household earns $128,055; 0.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 6.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 31 93.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 2 6.1%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 86.2

Under 18 0 0.0%
18–24 2 6.1%
25–44 0 0.0%
45–64 4 12.1%
65 and over 27 81.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $128,055; 90% interval $109,912–$146,198; +$48,332 vs TX · 1st of 254
Below poverty line: 6.3%; 90% interval 4.7%–7.9%; −7.1 pp vs TX · 250th of 254

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 73.1% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 11.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 0.5%, below the Texas state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 0.5%; −3.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.5B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $105,434
Establishments: 21

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 11.1%
Owner-occupied: 3
Renter-occupied: 24

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 90%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Loving County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 88.7% in 2024, 90.9% in 2020, 89.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 97 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 86 88.7%
Democratic 10 10.3%
Other / third-party 1 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Singles/nonfamily-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 15% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 63.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

63.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese.

Languages spoken at home

36.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 19 57.6%
Chinese 2 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 27
Family households: 4; 14.8% of households
Married couples w/ children: 0; 0.0% of families
Single-mother families: 0; 0.0% of families
Veterans: 0; 0% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Health & education

Health insured: 100.0%; ±64 pp
Uninsured: 0.0%; ±64 pp; 254th of 254
With a disability: 72.7%; ±31.3 pp; 1st of 254
Bachelor's or higher: 0.0%; ±96.8 pp; −33.8 pp vs TX · 254th of 254
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 3.8%; 90% interval 3.8%–3.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 143rd 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: Mentone, Monahans, Pecos

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Loving totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 1; 3030.3 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	89.1%	6.2%
2020	90.9%	6.1%
2024	88.7%	10.3%