Jury Pool Profile

Real County, Texas

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 2,821
Median household income: $45,417
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,668 94.6%
Black or African American alone 39 1.4%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 77 2.7%
Two or more races 37 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 664 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 56.5

Under 18 752 26.7%
18–24 126 4.5%
25–44 289 10.2%
45–64 640 22.7%
65 and over 1,014 35.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $104.7M; 0% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,666
Establishments: 107

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 142 18.3%
Education & health services 130 16.7%
Leisure & hospitality 130 16.7%
Public administration 51 6.6%
Professional & business services 37 4.8%
Natural resources & mining 36 4.6%
Financial activities 32 4.1%
Manufacturing 26 3.3%
Construction 22 2.8%
Other services 8 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.6%
Median gross rent: $877
Owner-occupied: 772
Renter-occupied: 249

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,958 votes cast

Republican 1,625 83.0%
Democratic 315 16.1%
Other / third-party 18 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 397 14.9%
Other 5 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,021
Family households: 692; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 542
Single-mother households: 27
Veterans: 278; 13.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,128 40.9%
Catholic 600 21.8%
Mainline Protestant 215 7.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.2%
With a disability: 33.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th 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: Hondo, Leakey, Uvalde

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 145 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023