Jury Pool Profile

Walker County, Texas

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 78,292
Median household income: $49,862
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,459 61.9%
Black or African American alone 15,921 20.3%
Asian alone 880 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 248 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 303 0.4%
Some other race alone 3,139 4.0%
Two or more races 9,342 11.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,931 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 11,493 14.7%
18–24 14,401 18.4%
25–44 22,385 28.6%
45–64 19,251 24.6%
65 and over 10,762 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,613
Establishments: 1,166

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,804 25.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,546 13.5%
Leisure & hospitality 2,559 9.7%
Manufacturing 1,406 5.3%
Construction 1,118 4.2%
Professional & business services 882 3.4%
Public administration 742 2.8%
Financial activities 670 2.5%
Other services 367 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 241 0.9%
Information 85 0.3%
Unclassified 22 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.1%
Median gross rent: $986
Owner-occupied: 14,387
Renter-occupied: 10,793

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,170 votes cast

Republican 17,515 69.6%
Democratic 7,461 29.6%
Other / third-party 194 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 11,816 15.7%
Other 954 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 303 0.4%
Tagalog 227 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 143 0.2%
Other Indo-European 136 0.2%
Vietnamese 102 0.1%
German 65 0.1%
Arabic 53 0.1%
Korean 9 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,180
Family households: 13,876; 55.1% of households
Married w/ children: 9,731
Single-mother households: 1,329
Veterans: 4,416; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,496 28.1%
Catholic 12,889 16.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,887 3.8%
Black Protestant 1,862 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,466 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.2%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Anderson, Huntsville, Madisonville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 19.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023