Jury Pool Profile

Pecos County, Texas

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 14,983
Median household income: $67,689
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,767 58.5%
Black or African American alone 647 4.3%
Asian alone 331 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 54 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,888 12.6%
Two or more races 3,274 21.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,666 71.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 3,621 24.2%
18–24 1,226 8.2%
25–44 4,338 29.0%
45–64 3,806 25.4%
65 and over 1,992 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,712
Establishments: 464

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,349 25.1%
Education & health services 997 18.6%
Leisure & hospitality 623 11.6%
Public administration 577 10.7%
Natural resources & mining 548 10.2%
Construction 360 6.7%
Professional & business services 302 5.6%
Financial activities 206 3.8%
Other services 113 2.1%
Manufacturing 75 1.4%
Information 25 0.5%
Unclassified 9 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.7%
Median gross rent: $973
Owner-occupied: 3,713
Renter-occupied: 1,395

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,233 votes cast

Republican 3,042 71.9%
Democratic 1,144 27.0%
Other / third-party 47 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

49.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,940 49.0%
Other Indo-European 188 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 40 0.3%
Other 24 0.2%
German 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,108
Family households: 3,373; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,129
Single-mother households: 474
Veterans: 556; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,545 29.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,056 13.5%
Mainline Protestant 631 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 586 3.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.3%
With a disability: 9.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 83rd 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: Fort Stockton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 70.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023