Jury Pool Profile

Runnels County, Texas

Republican +77 (2024)

Population: 9,880
Median household income: $63,490
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,882 69.7%
Black or African American alone 296 3.0%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 590 6.0%
Two or more races 2,074 21.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,402 34.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 2,327 23.6%
18–24 708 7.2%
25–44 2,308 23.4%
45–64 2,470 25.0%
65 and over 2,067 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $432.0M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,873
Establishments: 280

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 938 30.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 635 20.8%
Manufacturing 476 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 229 7.5%
Construction 178 5.8%
Natural resources & mining 165 5.4%
Public administration 163 5.3%
Financial activities 102 3.3%
Professional & business services 79 2.6%
Other services 33 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $894
Owner-occupied: 2,837
Renter-occupied: 963

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,056 votes cast

Republican 3,580 88.3%
Democratic 452 11.1%
Other / third-party 24 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

76.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,069 22.2%
Slavic languages 63 0.7%
German 32 0.3%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,800
Family households: 2,564; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,850
Single-mother households: 265
Veterans: 445; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

85.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,969 50.2%
Catholic 2,828 28.6%
Mainline Protestant 554 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 109 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.0%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 119th 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: Ballinger, Paint Rock

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 52.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023