Jury Pool Profile

Shelby County, Texas

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 24,108
Median household income: $50,436
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,166 67.1%
Black or African American alone 3,751 15.6%
Asian alone 35 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 289 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 212 0.9%
Some other race alone 1,619 6.7%
Two or more races 2,036 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,736 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40

Under 18 6,339 26.3%
18–24 2,033 8.4%
25–44 5,248 21.8%
45–64 6,212 25.8%
65 and over 4,276 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,298
Establishments: 611

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,011 23.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,791 20.6%
Education & health services 1,610 18.6%
Natural resources & mining 1,013 11.7%
Financial activities 571 6.6%
Construction 485 5.6%
Leisure & hospitality 423 4.9%
Professional & business services 282 3.2%
Public administration 216 2.5%
Other services 199 2.3%
Information 17 0.2%
Unclassified 6 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.0%
Median gross rent: $832
Owner-occupied: 6,882
Renter-occupied: 2,295

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,948 votes cast

Republican 8,164 82.1%
Democratic 1,741 17.5%
Other / third-party 43 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,047 13.6%
Other Indo-European 16 0.1%
German 13 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 7 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,177
Family households: 6,755; 73.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,585
Single-mother households: 679
Veterans: 935; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,838 36.8%
Black Protestant 2,162 9.0%
Mainline Protestant 952 4.0%
Catholic 659 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 242 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.8%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 123rd 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: Carthage, Center

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 45.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023