Jury Pool Profile

San Jacinto County, Texas

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 27,983
Median household income: $59,526
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,489 73.2%
Black or African American alone 2,365 8.5%
Asian alone 54 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 207 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,390 5.0%
Two or more races 3,478 12.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,129 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 6,049 21.6%
18–24 2,290 8.2%
25–44 5,634 20.1%
45–64 8,096 28.9%
65 and over 5,914 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $522.7M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,616
Establishments: 299

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 470 19.0%
Professional & business services 251 10.2%
Education & health services 181 7.3%
Leisure & hospitality 179 7.2%
Construction 163 6.6%
Public administration 151 6.1%
Manufacturing 109 4.4%
Financial activities 88 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 30 1.2%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.2%
Median gross rent: $1,018
Owner-occupied: 8,822
Renter-occupied: 1,658

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,789 votes cast

Republican 10,524 82.3%
Democratic 2,175 17.0%
Other / third-party 90 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,425 16.7%
Slavic languages 112 0.4%
Arabic 90 0.3%
Other Indo-European 76 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 63 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.0%
German 10 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,480
Family households: 7,694; 73.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,878
Single-mother households: 429
Veterans: 2,043; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

21.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,396 16.0%
Mainline Protestant 563 2.1%
Black Protestant 538 2.0%
Catholic 242 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 102 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.4%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 258th 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: Coldspring, Groveton, Livingston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 36.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023