Jury Pool Profile

Panola County, Texas

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 22,624
Median household income: $62,593
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,794 74.2%
Black or African American alone 2,589 11.4%
Asian alone 91 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 301 1.3%
Two or more races 2,837 12.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,266 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 5,243 23.2%
18–24 1,929 8.5%
25–44 5,094 22.5%
45–64 5,735 25.3%
65 and over 4,623 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.91 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,410
Establishments: 559

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,607 21.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,462 19.2%
Construction 1,043 13.7%
Manufacturing 889 11.7%
Natural resources & mining 818 10.8%
Professional & business services 556 7.3%
Leisure & hospitality 409 5.4%
Public administration 248 3.3%
Financial activities 211 2.8%
Other services 192 2.5%
Information 52 0.7%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 6,732
Renter-occupied: 1,754

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,437 votes cast

Republican 9,500 83.1%
Democratic 1,905 16.7%
Other / third-party 32 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,786 8.4%
Vietnamese 96 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 93 0.4%
Tagalog 20 0.1%
Other 14 0.1%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,486
Family households: 5,772; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 4,401
Single-mother households: 624
Veterans: 1,630; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,299 41.3%
Catholic 1,474 6.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,344 6.0%
Black Protestant 1,194 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 543 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.1%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 123rd 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: Carthage, Center

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 80.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023