Jury Pool Profile

Sterling County, Texas

Republican +86 (2024)

Population: 1,389
Median household income: $78,750
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,135 81.7%
Black or African American alone 2 0.1%
Asian alone 2 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 117 8.4%
Two or more races 131 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 447 32.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.4

Under 18 500 36.0%
18–24 102 7.3%
25–44 356 25.6%
45–64 247 17.8%
65 and over 184 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $281.9M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,753
Establishments: 86

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 106 21.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 92 18.4%
Financial activities 50 10.0%
Public administration 39 7.8%
Other services 8 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.3%
Median gross rent: $968
Owner-occupied: 335
Renter-occupied: 67

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 629 votes cast

Republican 583 92.7%
Democratic 43 6.8%
Other / third-party 3 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 324 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 402
Family households: 334; 83.1% of households
Married w/ children: 284
Single-mother households: 13
Veterans: 21; 2.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

72.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 515 37.5%
Mainline Protestant 320 23.3%
Catholic 153 11.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 74.2%
With a disability: 10.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 51st 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: Eldorado, Mertzon, Robert Lee, San Angelo, Sterling City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 224.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023