Jury Pool Profile

Sabine County, Texas

Republican +78 (2024)

Population: 9,998
Median household income: $59,924
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,659 86.6%
Black or African American alone 459 4.6%
Asian alone 203 2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 87 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 44 0.4%
Some other race alone 100 1.0%
Two or more races 446 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 417 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 54.3

Under 18 1,770 17.7%
18–24 482 4.8%
25–44 1,879 18.8%
45–64 2,890 28.9%
65 and over 2,977 29.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +2.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $393.8M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,932
Establishments: 222

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 939 38.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 410 16.8%
Construction 180 7.4%
Public administration 118 4.8%
Leisure & hospitality 107 4.4%
Financial activities 90 3.7%
Professional & business services 62 2.5%
Other services 30 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.5%
Median gross rent: $738
Owner-occupied: 3,823
Renter-occupied: 646

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,581 votes cast

Republican 4,972 89.1%
Democratic 590 10.6%
Other / third-party 19 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 101 1.1%
Vietnamese 90 1.0%
Other Indo-European 19 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,469
Family households: 3,090; 69.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,445
Single-mother households: 177
Veterans: 952; 11.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,387 44.3%
Black Protestant 1,666 16.8%
Mainline Protestant 358 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 207 2.1%
Catholic 103 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.9%
With a disability: 25.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Hemphill, Jasper, Newton, San Augustine, Woodville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 24.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023