Jury Pool Profile

San Patricio County, Texas

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 69,519
Median household income: $67,512
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 44,690 64.3%
Black or African American alone 1,122 1.6%
Asian alone 682 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 312 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 137 0.2%
Some other race alone 3,824 5.5%
Two or more races 18,752 27.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 39,012 56.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 18,078 26.0%
18–24 5,899 8.5%
25–44 18,538 26.7%
45–64 16,319 23.5%
65 and over 10,685 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.95 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,090
Establishments: 1,217

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Construction 4,124 19.2%
Education & health services 3,844 17.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,830 17.8%
Leisure & hospitality 3,033 14.1%
Manufacturing 1,990 9.2%
Professional & business services 1,330 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,081 5.0%
Public administration 997 4.6%
Financial activities 611 2.8%
Other services 373 1.7%
Information 215 1.0%
Unclassified 7 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.3%
Median gross rent: $1,239
Owner-occupied: 16,252
Renter-occupied: 8,244

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,572 votes cast

Republican 17,337 67.8%
Democratic 8,025 31.4%
Other / third-party 210 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

69.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 18,423 28.4%
Other Indo-European 430 0.7%
Tagalog 202 0.3%
Chinese 160 0.2%
German 85 0.1%
Vietnamese 73 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 68 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.1%
Korean 34 0.1%
Other 29 0.0%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Slavic languages 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,496
Family households: 17,322; 70.7% of households
Married w/ children: 11,835
Single-mother households: 2,061
Veterans: 4,869; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 26,170 38.1%
Evangelical Protestant 10,756 15.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,682 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,464 3.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.9%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 36th 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: Beeville, George West, Rockport, Sinton, Tilden

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 31.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023