Jury Pool Profile
Reagan County, Texas
- County seat
- Big Lake
- Judicial district
- 112th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,166
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,232.
At a glance
Reagan County is a 3,166-person venue. The county population is 38% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 69% 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 $72,105, $7,618 below the TX state median of $79,723; 13.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 44.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 33.7% of covered employment, average pay $110,129/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.23%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 84% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,232
- Median household income
- $57,813
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 38%; Black: 6%.
Reagan County has a population of 3,232, with a median age of 30.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 38.2%; Black residents 5.8%. Independently, 68.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $72,105; 13.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 34% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 31.3% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 33.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.23%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Reagan County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.3% in 2024, 83.8% in 2020, 78.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 44.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
44.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog. Veterans account for 1.8% of the adult civilian population (38 individuals).