Jury Pool Profile

Upton County, Texas

Republican +77 (2024)

Population: 3,227
Median household income: $52,321
Unemployment: 1.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,397 43.3%
Black or African American alone 30 0.9%
Asian alone 53 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,531 47.4%
Two or more races 205 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,812 56.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 727 22.5%
18–24 275 8.5%
25–44 795 24.6%
45–64 831 25.8%
65 and over 599 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.5%; -2.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.6B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $87,660
Establishments: 129

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Construction 2,203 55.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 456 11.5%
Education & health services 423 10.6%
Professional & business services 66 1.7%
Financial activities 29 0.7%
Leisure & hospitality 22 0.6%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.2%
Median gross rent: $689
Owner-occupied: 997
Renter-occupied: 328

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,303 votes cast

Republican 1,149 88.2%
Democratic 146 11.2%
Other / third-party 8 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

58.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,300 41.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,325
Family households: 826; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 628
Single-mother households: 75
Veterans: 86; 3.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

95.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,522 46.0%
Catholic 1,216 36.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 310 9.4%
Mainline Protestant 117 3.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.2%
With a disability: 11.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 112th 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: Big Lake, Ozona, Rankin, Sonora

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 160 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023