Jury Pool Profile
Oldham County, Texas
- County seat
- Vega
- Judicial district
- 222nd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,783
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,249.
At a glance
Oldham County is a 1,783-person venue. The county population is 71% White and 9% Black (Census race-alone categories). 28% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 62.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $77,346, $2,377 below the TX state median of $79,723; 21.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 25.2% of covered employment, average pay $47,873/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.27%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 90% to 92% of the vote across the three. At least 11% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 2,249
- Median household income
- $79,900
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 71% / 9%.
Oldham County has a population of 2,249, with a median age of 31.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 70.8%; Black residents 8.8%. Independently, 27.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $77,346; 21.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 58% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 25.2% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 18.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.27%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 91%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Oldham County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 91.9% in 2024, 90.9% in 2020, 89.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 79% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
16.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 9.3% of the adult civilian population (129 individuals).