Jury Pool Profile

Matagorda County, Texas

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 36,274
Median household income: $55,174
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,293 55.9%
Black or African American alone 3,810 10.5%
Asian alone 626 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 103 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 58 0.2%
Some other race alone 6,206 17.1%
Two or more races 5,178 14.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,678 43.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 9,328 25.7%
18–24 2,870 7.9%
25–44 8,916 24.6%
45–64 8,673 23.9%
65 and over 6,487 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +1.68 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,994
Establishments: 824

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,997 26.7%
Education & health services 2,590 23.1%
Manufacturing 1,523 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,226 10.9%
Professional & business services 636 5.7%
Construction 519 4.6%
Natural resources & mining 512 4.6%
Public administration 425 3.8%
Financial activities 330 2.9%
Other services 234 2.1%
Information 120 1.1%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.7%
Median gross rent: $998
Owner-occupied: 10,191
Renter-occupied: 4,633

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,308 votes cast

Republican 9,957 74.8%
Democratic 3,231 24.3%
Other / third-party 120 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,720 25.9%
Other Indo-European 332 1.0%
Vietnamese 145 0.4%
German 123 0.4%
Tagalog 95 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%
Slavic languages 21 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,824
Family households: 10,035; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 7,089
Single-mother households: 775
Veterans: 2,424; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,676 26.7%
Catholic 7,463 20.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,663 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 770 2.1%
Black Protestant 640 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.1%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Angleton, Bay City, Wharton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 22.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023