Jury Pool Profile

Morris County, Texas

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 12,014
Median household income: $55,082
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,853 65.4%
Black or African American alone 2,229 18.6%
Asian alone 121 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 127 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 649 5.4%
Two or more races 1,031 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,288 10.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 2,758 23.0%
18–24 1,018 8.5%
25–44 2,605 21.7%
45–64 3,021 25.1%
65 and over 2,612 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $868.8M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,087
Establishments: 235

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,164 34.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 652 19.3%
Education & health services 279 8.3%
Leisure & hospitality 189 5.6%
Public administration 157 4.6%
Financial activities 132 3.9%
Construction 107 3.2%
Professional & business services 89 2.6%
Other services 53 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 25 0.7%
Information 18 0.5%
Unclassified 9 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $824
Owner-occupied: 3,801
Renter-occupied: 1,237

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,433 votes cast

Republican 4,092 75.3%
Democratic 1,312 24.1%
Other / third-party 29 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 946 8.3%
Other 126 1.1%
Vietnamese 76 0.7%
Slavic languages 64 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 26 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.2%
German 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,038
Family households: 3,324; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,402
Single-mother households: 285
Veterans: 1,118; 12.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

147.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,731 123.0%
Black Protestant 1,156 9.7%
Catholic 899 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 720 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 197 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 23.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 76th 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: Daingerfield, Mount Pleasant, Pittsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023