Jury Pool Profile

Montague County, Texas

Republican +78 (2024)

Population: 20,599
Median household income: $62,818
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,809 91.3%
Black or African American alone 10 0.0%
Asian alone 47 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 104 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 588 2.9%
Two or more races 1,040 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,463 12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 4,714 22.9%
18–24 1,446 7.0%
25–44 4,464 21.7%
45–64 5,486 26.6%
65 and over 4,489 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $798.4M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,325
Establishments: 515

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,375 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,062 21.6%
Manufacturing 615 12.5%
Leisure & hospitality 449 9.1%
Construction 313 6.4%
Natural resources & mining 271 5.5%
Public administration 206 4.2%
Financial activities 198 4.0%
Other services 156 3.2%
Professional & business services 153 3.1%
Information 30 0.6%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.8%
Median gross rent: $957
Owner-occupied: 6,414
Renter-occupied: 1,728

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,097 votes cast

Republican 9,825 88.5%
Democratic 1,208 10.9%
Other / third-party 64 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,621 8.3%
Other Indo-European 57 0.3%
German 53 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,142
Family households: 5,379; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 4,441
Single-mother households: 392
Veterans: 1,737; 10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,434 32.2%
Catholic 1,280 6.4%
Mainline Protestant 683 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 195 1.0%
Black Protestant 126 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.9%
With a disability: 19.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 97th 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: Archer City, Henrietta, Montague

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 56.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023