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Jury Pool Profile

Roberts County, Texas

Republican +92.5 (2024)
County seat
Miami
Judicial district
31st District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
867
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 832.

At a glance

Roberts County is an 867-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $87,615, $7,892 above the TX state median of $79,723; 20.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 20.0% of covered employment, average pay $30,122/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.79%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 95% of the vote each time.

Population
832
Median household income
$67,868
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 0%.

Roberts County has a population of 832, with a median age of 40.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.5%; Black residents 0.4%. Independently, 6.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $87,615; 20.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 741 89.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55 6.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 33 4.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40

  • Under 18 226 27.2%
  • 18–24 55 6.6%
  • 25–44 240 28.8%
  • 45–64 163 19.6%
  • 65 and over 148 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$87,615
90% interval $77,182–$98,048
+$7,892 vs TX · 32nd of 254
Below poverty line
8.6%
90% interval 6.4%–10.8%
−4.8 pp vs TX · 235th 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 47% of covered jobs.

Public administration is the largest employment sector at 20.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 2.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.79%, above the Texas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
+0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP
$183.5M
0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay
$43,491
Establishments
45

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Public administration 34 20.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 4 2.4%
  • Education & health services 4 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 24.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
85.1%
+22.5 pp vs TX · 8th of 254
Median gross rent
$859
Owner-occupied
275
Renter-occupied
48

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 25% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 3.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

  • Small-sector pay

    The $62,584 average in Trade, transportation & utilities is BLS's published figure for 4 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read. The $46,210 average in Education & health services is BLS's published figure for 4 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 96%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Roberts County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 96.0% in 2024, 96.2% in 2020, 95.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 570 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201695.3%3.6%
202096.2%3.1%
202496.0%3.5%
  • Republican 547 96.0%
  • Democratic 20 3.5%
  • Other / third-party 3 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish. Veterans account for 6.9% of the adult civilian population (42 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 7 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
323
Family households
209
64.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
77
36.8% of families
Single-mother families
9
4.3% of families
Veterans
42
6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

62.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 314 38.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 199 24.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.9%
±4.6 pp
Uninsured
11.1%
±4.6 pp
232nd of 254
With a disability
11.4%
±5.2 pp
219th of 254
Bachelor's or higher
20.5%
±6.6 pp
−13.3 pp vs TX · 130th of 254
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.9%
90% interval 10.5%–13.3% · 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
31st 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
Canadian, Lipscomb, Miami, Pampa, Wheeler

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Roberts totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Roberts 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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