Jury Pool Profile
Madison County, Texas
- County seat
- Madisonville
- Judicial district
- 12th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 14,226
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,648.
At a glance
Madison County is a 14,226-person venue. The county population is 59% White and 15% Black (Census race-alone categories). 26% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 52.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $62,187, $17,536 below the TX state median of $79,723; 18.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.9% of covered employment, average pay $48,613/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.67%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 82% of the vote across the three. 18% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 2,240 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 13,648
- Median household income
- $74,596
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 59% / 15%.
Madison County has a population of 13,648, with a median age of 36.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 59.2%; Black residents 15.5%. Independently, 26.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $62,187; 18.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 1,180, Trade, transportation & utilities about 980.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.9% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 12.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.67%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Madison County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.9% in 2024, 78.7% in 2020, 78.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
18.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean. Veterans account for 7.6% of the adult civilian population (806 individuals).