Jury Pool Profile

Palo Pinto County, Texas

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 28,920
Median household income: $64,972
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,784 82.2%
Black or African American alone 737 2.5%
Asian alone 296 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 151 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,587 5.5%
Two or more races 2,365 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,846 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 6,715 23.2%
18–24 2,303 8.0%
25–44 6,626 22.9%
45–64 7,498 25.9%
65 and over 5,778 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,166
Establishments: 731

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,881 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,769 21.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,532 18.4%
Manufacturing 1,086 13.0%
Professional & business services 455 5.5%
Public administration 414 5.0%
Construction 400 4.8%
Financial activities 352 4.2%
Other services 207 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 122 1.5%
Information 16 0.2%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.2%
Median gross rent: $1,024
Owner-occupied: 7,575
Renter-occupied: 3,376

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,333 votes cast

Republican 11,093 83.2%
Democratic 2,143 16.1%
Other / third-party 97 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,257 12.0%
Other Indo-European 178 0.7%
Tagalog 18 0.1%
German 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,951
Family households: 7,422; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 5,450
Single-mother households: 738
Veterans: 1,863; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,523 40.6%
Catholic 2,345 8.3%
Mainline Protestant 940 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 623 2.2%
Black Protestant 362 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 79.9%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th 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: Palo Pinto

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 27.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023