Jury Pool Profile
Ochiltree County, Texas
- County seat
- Perryton
- Judicial district
- 84th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,284
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,786.
At a glance
Ochiltree County is a 9,284-person venue. The county population is 68% White (Census race-alone categories). 57% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 39.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $77,359, $2,364 below the TX state median of $79,723; 20.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 49.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other and unspecified languages (2.9%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 37.4% of covered employment, average pay $73,476/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.26%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 88% to 90% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 9,786
- Median household income
- $70,183
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 68% / 0%.
Ochiltree County has a population of 9,786, with a median age of 33.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 67.6%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 56.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $77,359; 20.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 37% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 22.3% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 37.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.26%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 89%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ochiltree County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 90.5% in 2024, 89.1% in 2020, 88.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 49.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
49.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic. Veterans account for 3.2% of the adult civilian population (216 individuals).