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Jury Pool Profile

Red River County, Texas

Republican +61.8 (2024)
County seat
Clarksville
Judicial district
6th District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
11,816
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 11,611.

At a glance

Red River County is an 11,816-person venue. The county population is 75% White and 16% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,978, $26,745 below the TX state median of $79,723; 15.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 17.1% of covered employment, average pay $31,255/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.95%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 81% of the vote across the three.

Population
11,611
Median household income
$48,491
Unemployment
5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 75% / 16%.

Red River County has a population of 11,611, with a median age of 48.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 74.9%; Black residents 16.3%. Independently, 7.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $52,978; 15.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.0% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 8,456 72.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 869 7.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,892 16.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 39 0.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 214 1.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 112 1.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

  • Under 18 2,358 20.3%
  • 18–24 749 6.5%
  • 25–44 2,370 20.4%
  • 45–64 3,134 27.0%
  • 65 and over 3,000 25.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$52,978
90% interval $47,195–$58,761
−$26,745 vs TX · 223rd of 254
Below poverty line
15.0%
90% interval 11.1%–18.9%
+1.6 pp vs TX · 117th of 254

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 37% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest published sector at 17.1% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.95%, above the Texas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.0%
+0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP
$441.8M
0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay
$46,992
Establishments
244

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 464 17.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 445 16.4%
  • Manufacturing 333 12.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 283 10.4%
  • Construction 197 7.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 102 3.8%
  • Financial activities 78 2.9%
  • Public administration 11 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 70.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
71.5%
+8.9 pp vs TX · 159th of 254
Median gross rent
$1,044
−$359 vs TX · 86th of 254
Owner-occupied
3,559
Renter-occupied
1,419

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 46% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Construction, $72,315/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,364/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Red River County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.8% in 2024, 77.8% in 2020, 76.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,796 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201676.2%22.3%
202077.8%21.5%
202480.8%19.0%
  • Republican 4,682 80.8%
  • Democratic 1,103 19.0%
  • Other / third-party 11 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 8.9% of the adult civilian population (825 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 467 4.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 30 0.3%
  • Chinese 15 0.1%
  • Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
4,978
Family households
3,410
68.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
782
22.9% of families
Single-mother families
476
14.0% of families
Veterans
825
8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

53.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,500 38.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,027 8.9%
  • Catholic 376 3.2%
  • Black Protestant 150 1.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 132 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
83.5%
±2.7 pp
Uninsured
16.5%
±2.7 pp
132nd of 254
With a disability
19.1%
±2.7 pp
62nd of 254
Bachelor's or higher
15.4%
±2.6 pp
−18.4 pp vs TX · 200th of 254
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
21.2%
90% interval 19.2%–23.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th 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
Bonham, Clarksville, Paris

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Red River totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
43.23 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Red River County, Texas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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