Jury Pool Profile

Swisher County, Texas

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 6,981
Median household income: $39,031
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,827 69.1%
Black or African American alone 561 8.0%
Asian alone 69 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.3%
Some other race alone 380 5.4%
Two or more races 1,084 15.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,194 45.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.5

Under 18 1,697 24.3%
18–24 805 11.5%
25–44 1,703 24.4%
45–64 1,548 22.2%
65 and over 1,228 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $672.3M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,388
Establishments: 186

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 518 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 388 21.2%
Natural resources & mining 267 14.6%
Public administration 250 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 106 5.8%
Manufacturing 81 4.4%
Construction 54 2.9%
Other services 51 2.8%
Financial activities 40 2.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.0%
Median gross rent: $729
Owner-occupied: 1,620
Renter-occupied: 833

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,265 votes cast

Republican 1,840 81.2%
Democratic 403 17.8%
Other / third-party 22 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,920 29.3%
Arabic 5 0.1%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,453
Family households: 1,395; 56.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,065
Single-mother households: 174
Veterans: 267; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,578 51.3%
Catholic 630 9.0%
Mainline Protestant 626 9.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 77.8%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 64th 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: Dimmitt, Plainview, Tulia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 37.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023