Jury Pool Profile

Motley County, Texas

Republican +89 (2024)

Population: 1,267
Median household income: $62,857
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,075 84.8%
Black or African American alone 33 2.6%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 17 1.3%
Two or more races 138 10.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 102 8.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.4

Under 18 221 17.4%
18–24 93 7.3%
25–44 246 19.4%
45–64 314 24.8%
65 and over 393 31.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $48.9M; 0% of state
Avg. annual pay: $35,700
Establishments: 63

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 73 23.9%
Education & health services 54 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 36 11.8%
Natural resources & mining 21 6.9%
Public administration 20 6.6%
Professional & business services 12 3.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $725
Owner-occupied: 366
Renter-occupied: 110

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 650 votes cast

Republican 612 94.2%
Democratic 35 5.4%
Other / third-party 3 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 109 9.3%
Other 4 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 476
Family households: 293; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 238
Single-mother households: 3
Veterans: 121; 11.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 507 47.7%
Mainline Protestant 101 9.5%
Catholic 76 7.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.1%
With a disability: 20.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 110th 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: Dickens, Floydada, Matador, Silverton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 95.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023