Jury Pool Profile
Ward County, Texas
- County seat
- Monahans
- Judicial district
- 143rd District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 11,125
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 11,144.
At a glance
Ward County is an 11,125-person venue. The county population is 60% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). 56% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 36.4%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $72,414, $7,309 below the TX state median of $79,723; 12.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 38.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 29.3% of covered employment, average pay $116,659/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.62%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 83% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 11,144
- Median household income
- $65,952
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 60% / 7%.
Ward County has a population of 11,144, with a median age of 34.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 60.3%; Black residents 6.6%. Independently, 56.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $72,414; 12.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 29% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is at least 27.2% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 29.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 14.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.62%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ward County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.8% in 2024, 79.8% in 2020, 74.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 38.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
38.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.6% of the adult civilian population (444 individuals).