Jury Pool Profile
Refugio County, Texas
- County seat
- Refugio
- Judicial district
- 24th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 6,657
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,707.
At a glance
Refugio County is a 6,657-person venue. The county population is 57% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). 50% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 40.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $68,639, $11,084 below the TX state median of $79,723; 14.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 24.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 25.9% of covered employment, average pay $48,250/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.24%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 70% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 6,707
- Median household income
- $60,181
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 57% / 7%.
Refugio County has a population of 6,707, with a median age of 42.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 56.6%; Black residents 7.2%. Independently, 50.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $68,639; 14.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 26% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 7.9% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.24%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 66%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Refugio County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.5% in 2024, 65.7% in 2020, 62.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 24.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
24.9% 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 7.6% of the adult civilian population (401 individuals).