Jury Pool Profile
Webb County, Texas
- County seat
- Laredo
- Judicial district
- 49th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 281,224
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 269,294.
At a glance
Webb County is a 281,224-person venue. The county population is 21% White (Census race-alone categories). 95% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 3.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $58,736, $20,987 below the TX state median of $79,723; 21.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 86.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 32.0% of covered employment, average pay $48,156/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.57%, above the 4.32% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 269,294
- Median household income
- $63,058
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 21%; Black: 0%.
Webb County has a population of 269,294, with a median age of 30.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 20.7%; Black residents 0.5%. Independently, 95.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $58,736; 21.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 34,810 jobs; Education & health services, about 33,020, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 32.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 28.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.57%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Webb County was carried by the Republican candidate with 50.7% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 61.1% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 74.4% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 79% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 86.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
86.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 2.9% of the adult civilian population (5,344 individuals).