Jury Pool Profile

Nolan County, Texas

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 14,565
Median household income: $50,160
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,042 68.9%
Black or African American alone 618 4.2%
Asian alone 14 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 113 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,176 8.1%
Two or more races 2,602 17.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,396 37.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.5

Under 18 3,733 25.6%
18–24 1,248 8.6%
25–44 3,303 22.7%
45–64 3,357 23.0%
65 and over 2,924 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,897
Establishments: 420

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,446 23.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,394 22.4%
Manufacturing 1,182 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 658 10.6%
Construction 300 4.8%
Public administration 274 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 259 4.2%
Financial activities 221 3.6%
Professional & business services 142 2.3%
Other services 113 1.8%
Information 22 0.4%
Unclassified 8 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.1%
Median gross rent: $866
Owner-occupied: 3,859
Renter-occupied: 1,975

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,114 votes cast

Republican 4,048 79.2%
Democratic 1,020 19.9%
Other / third-party 46 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,905 21.3%
Other Indo-European 47 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
German 16 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.1%
Korean 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,834
Family households: 3,648; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,520
Single-mother households: 502
Veterans: 657; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,012 27.2%
Catholic 2,342 15.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,338 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 572 3.9%
Black Protestant 316 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.5%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 32nd 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: Colorado City, Roby, Sweetwater

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 73.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023