Jury Pool Profile

Val Verde County, Texas

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 47,647
Median household income: $59,673
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,628 62.2%
Black or African American alone 671 1.4%
Asian alone 298 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 156 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,674 11.9%
Two or more races 11,220 23.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38,580 81.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.3

Under 18 13,378 28.1%
18–24 5,280 11.1%
25–44 12,757 26.8%
45–64 9,587 20.1%
65 and over 6,645 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.95 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.5B; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,625
Establishments: 942

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,543 18.9%
Education & health services 3,108 16.6%
Public administration 2,915 15.6%
Professional & business services 1,986 10.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,986 10.6%
Manufacturing 1,727 9.2%
Financial activities 542 2.9%
Construction 364 1.9%
Other services 332 1.8%
Information 98 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 78 0.4%
Unclassified 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.9%
Median gross rent: $956
Owner-occupied: 11,168
Renter-occupied: 5,538

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,578 votes cast

Republican 9,162 62.8%
Democratic 5,282 36.2%
Other / third-party 134 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

37.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 27,270 62.1%
German 109 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 75 0.2%
Tagalog 59 0.1%
Korean 41 0.1%
Other Indo-European 40 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 40 0.1%
Other 12 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,706
Family households: 12,079; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 8,430
Single-mother households: 1,376
Veterans: 2,983; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 10,524 22.1%
Evangelical Protestant 6,780 14.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,547 3.3%
Mainline Protestant 723 1.5%
Black Protestant 200 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.6%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 63rd 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: Brackettville, Del Rio, Sanderson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 17.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023