Jury Pool Profile

Newton County, Texas

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 12,193
Median household income: $41,044
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,187 75.3%
Black or African American alone 2,185 17.9%
Asian alone 84 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 73 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.2%
Some other race alone 54 0.4%
Two or more races 590 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 415 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.8

Under 18 2,438 20.0%
18–24 927 7.6%
25–44 2,573 21.1%
45–64 3,460 28.4%
65 and over 2,795 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +2.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $576.3M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,014
Establishments: 135

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 557 44.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 246 19.6%
Natural resources & mining 130 10.3%
Public administration 97 7.7%
Professional & business services 78 6.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $877
Owner-occupied: 3,994
Renter-occupied: 904

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,749 votes cast

Republican 4,781 83.2%
Democratic 952 16.6%
Other / third-party 16 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 108 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 99 0.9%
Chinese 49 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 37 0.3%
Tagalog 20 0.2%
Other Indo-European 17 0.1%
German 8 0.1%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,898
Family households: 3,366; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,330
Single-mother households: 202
Veterans: 654; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,141 25.7%
Black Protestant 844 6.9%
Catholic 150 1.2%
Mainline Protestant 132 1.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.9%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 6.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Hemphill, Jasper, Newton, San Augustine, Woodville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 30.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023