Jury Pool Profile
Scurry County, Texas
- County seat
- Snyder
- Judicial district
- 132nd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 16,162
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 16,488.
At a glance
Scurry County is a 16,162-person venue. The county population is 64% White (Census race-alone categories). 43% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 49.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $68,306, $11,417 below the TX state median of $79,723; 13.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 24.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 22.0% of covered employment, average pay $71,329/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.93%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 84% to 86% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 16,488
- Median household income
- $60,039
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 64% / 3%.
Scurry County has a population of 16,488, with a median age of 36.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 64.5%; Black residents 3.3%. Independently, 43.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $68,306; 13.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,500, Education & health services about 1,470. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 16.1% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 22.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.93%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 85%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Scurry County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.5% in 2024, 84.9% in 2020, 83.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 24.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
24.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (914 individuals).