Jury Pool Profile

Victoria County, Texas

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 91,281
Median household income: $70,101
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 56,218 61.6%
Black or African American alone 5,244 5.7%
Asian alone 1,117 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 174 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 54 0.1%
Some other race alone 6,520 7.1%
Two or more races 21,954 24.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 43,432 47.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 23,026 25.2%
18–24 8,251 9.0%
25–44 23,820 26.1%
45–64 20,954 23.0%
65 and over 15,230 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.2B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,837
Establishments: 2,416

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,350 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,625 25.9%
Leisure & hospitality 4,316 11.6%
Manufacturing 2,039 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 2,020 5.4%
Professional & business services 1,989 5.4%
Construction 1,830 4.9%
Financial activities 1,645 4.4%
Public administration 1,517 4.1%
Other services 1,302 3.5%
Information 262 0.7%
Unclassified 16 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.6%
Median gross rent: $1,151
Owner-occupied: 23,076
Renter-occupied: 11,066

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 35,239 votes cast

Republican 25,010 71.0%
Democratic 9,998 28.4%
Other / third-party 231 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 19,210 22.5%
Chinese 358 0.4%
Vietnamese 229 0.3%
Other Indo-European 214 0.3%
German 168 0.2%
Other 140 0.2%
Tagalog 113 0.1%
Slavic languages 106 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.1%
Arabic 40 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,142
Family households: 23,254; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 17,263
Single-mother households: 2,169
Veterans: 4,636; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 24,035 26.3%
Evangelical Protestant 20,944 22.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,546 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,646 1.8%
Black Protestant 1,260 1.4%
Orthodox 55 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.2%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Cuero, Edna, Goliad, Port Lavaca, Refugio, Victoria

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 24.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023