Jury Pool Profile
Midland County, Texas
- County seat
- Midland
- Judicial district
- 142nd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 187,855
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 174,801.
At a glance
Midland County is a 187,855-person venue. The county population is 56% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). 46% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 42.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $97,719, $17,996 above the TX state median of $79,723; 31.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 31.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 27.2% of covered employment, average pay $146,757/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.24%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 80% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 174,801
- Median household income
- $92,874
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 56% / 7%.
Midland County has a population of 174,801, with a median age of 32.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.9%; Black residents 7.2%. Independently, 46.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $97,719; 31.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 27% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 26.8% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 27.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.24%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Midland County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.8% in 2024, 77.5% in 2020, 75.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 31.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
31.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 4.4% of the adult civilian population (5,381 individuals).