Jury Pool Profile
Pecos County, Texas
- County seat
- Fort Stockton
- Judicial district
- 83rd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 14,560
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,896.
At a glance
Pecos County is a 14,560-person venue. The county population is 50% White (Census race-alone categories). 71% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 22.1%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $64,808, $14,915 below the TX state median of $79,723; 14.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 48.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.3% of covered employment, average pay $72,349/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.42%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 59% to 72% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,896
- Median household income
- $72,750
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 50% / 5%.
Pecos County has a population of 14,896, with a median age of 36.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 50.2%; Black residents 4.6%. Independently, 71.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,808; 14.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,320, Education & health services about 1,300. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 6.0% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 24.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.42%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 67%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Pecos County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.9% in 2024, 68.9% in 2020, 59.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 48.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
48.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (730 individuals).