Jury Pool Profile

Sherman County, Texas

Republican +88 (2024)

Population: 2,434
Median household income: $74,167
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,667 68.5%
Black or African American alone 4 0.2%
Asian alone 28 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 222 9.1%
Two or more races 512 21.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,149 47.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.5

Under 18 532 21.9%
18–24 314 12.9%
25–44 584 24.0%
45–64 605 24.9%
65 and over 399 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -1.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $657.9M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,301
Establishments: 137

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 509 45.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 209 18.5%
Education & health services 181 16.0%
Public administration 49 4.3%
Manufacturing 30 2.7%
Financial activities 24 2.1%
Professional & business services 23 2.0%
Construction 21 1.9%
Unclassified 14 1.2%
Other services 8 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.5%
Median gross rent: $881
Owner-occupied: 627
Renter-occupied: 215

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 872 votes cast

Republican 817 93.7%
Democratic 48 5.5%
Other / third-party 7 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

60.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 909 39.6%
Tagalog 7 0.3%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 842
Family households: 630; 74.8% of households
Married w/ children: 518
Single-mother households: 48
Veterans: 105; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,382 49.7%
Mainline Protestant 343 12.3%
Catholic 250 9.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.7%
With a disability: 21.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 69th 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: Channing, Dalhart, Dumas, Stratford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 157.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023