Jury Pool Profile
Sterling County, Texas
- County seat
- Sterling City
- Judicial district
- 51st District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,349
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,468.
At a glance
Sterling County is a 1,349-person venue. The county population is 72% White (Census race-alone categories). 36% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 62.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $87,739, $8,016 above the TX state median of $79,723; 24.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 29.6% 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 21.0% of covered employment, average pay $74,414/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.7%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 87% to 93% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 1,468
- Median household income
- $64,954
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 72% / 0%.
Sterling County has a population of 1,468, with a median age of 32.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 72.5%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 35.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $87,739; 24.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.8% 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: Education & health services about 120, Trade, transportation & utilities about 110. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 5.6% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.0% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 17.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.7%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 90%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Sterling County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 92.7% in 2024, 91.4% in 2020, 86.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 85% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 29.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
29.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish. Veterans account for 1.9% of the adult civilian population (18 individuals).