Jury Pool Profile

Ward County, Texas

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 11,255
Median household income: $71,719
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,263 64.5%
Black or African American alone 714 6.3%
Asian alone 178 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 112 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,788 15.9%
Two or more races 1,200 10.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,238 55.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.9

Under 18 3,275 29.1%
18–24 859 7.6%
25–44 3,156 28.0%
45–64 2,409 21.4%
65 and over 1,556 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.93 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.3B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $80,838
Establishments: 403

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 1,851 28.4%
Construction 1,167 17.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 959 14.7%
Education & health services 698 10.7%
Leisure & hospitality 490 7.5%
Professional & business services 485 7.4%
Financial activities 267 4.1%
Public administration 229 3.5%
Manufacturing 158 2.4%
Other services 80 1.2%
Information 32 0.5%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $939
Owner-occupied: 3,408
Renter-occupied: 937

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,764 votes cast

Republican 3,115 82.8%
Democratic 627 16.7%
Other / third-party 22 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

62.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,645 35.0%
Chinese 134 1.3%
Other Indo-European 36 0.3%
Vietnamese 31 0.3%
German 19 0.2%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,345
Family households: 3,211; 73.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,199
Single-mother households: 347
Veterans: 483; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,420 38.0%
Catholic 2,759 23.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 533 4.6%
Mainline Protestant 121 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.0%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 143rd 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: Mentone, Monahans, Pecos

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 100.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023