Jury Pool Profile

Refugio County, Texas

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 6,693
Median household income: $58,016
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,143 61.9%
Black or African American alone 493 7.4%
Asian alone 15 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 334 5.0%
Two or more races 1,697 25.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,354 50.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 1,494 22.3%
18–24 497 7.4%
25–44 1,481 22.1%
45–64 1,716 25.6%
65 and over 1,505 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $484.3M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,440
Establishments: 206

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 575 25.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 363 16.0%
Construction 309 13.7%
Leisure & hospitality 297 13.1%
Natural resources & mining 261 11.5%
Public administration 163 7.2%
Financial activities 119 5.3%
Other services 55 2.4%
Manufacturing 37 1.6%
Professional & business services 32 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $842
Owner-occupied: 1,850
Renter-occupied: 522

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,072 votes cast

Republican 2,134 69.5%
Democratic 919 29.9%
Other / third-party 19 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,564 24.8%
Other Indo-European 15 0.2%
Other 8 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
German 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,372
Family households: 1,521; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 947
Single-mother households: 167
Veterans: 474; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,934 43.5%
Catholic 2,126 31.5%
Mainline Protestant 353 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 120 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.3%
With a disability: 20.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Cuero, Edna, Goliad, Port Lavaca, Refugio, Victoria

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 134.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023