Jury Pool Profile

Starr County, Texas

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 65,809
Median household income: $38,182
Unemployment: 9.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,115 44.2%
Black or African American alone 217 0.3%
Asian alone 17 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 101 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 7,440 11.3%
Two or more races 28,919 43.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 64,036 97.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 29.1

Under 18 21,566 32.8%
18–24 7,528 11.4%
25–44 16,357 24.9%
45–64 12,972 19.7%
65 and over 7,386 11.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 9.8%; +5.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,754
Establishments: 666

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,211 55.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,488 16.9%
Public administration 1,683 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,158 7.9%
Financial activities 298 2.0%
Professional & business services 217 1.5%
Construction 170 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 132 0.9%
Information 79 0.5%
Other services 78 0.5%
Manufacturing 71 0.5%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.6%
Median gross rent: $715
Owner-occupied: 13,383
Renter-occupied: 5,309

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,419 votes cast

Republican 9,487 57.8%
Democratic 6,862 41.8%
Other / third-party 70 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

7.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 55,241 92.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,692
Family households: 14,655; 78.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,778
Single-mother households: 2,888
Veterans: 877; 2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

84.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 50,731 77.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,521 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,128 3.2%
Mainline Protestant 234 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 68.7%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 229th 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: Hebbronville, Rio Grande City, San Diego

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 11.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023