Jury Pool Profile

Wharton County, Texas

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 41,651
Median household income: $66,100
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,407 63.4%
Black or African American alone 5,541 13.3%
Asian alone 196 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 68 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,788 6.7%
Two or more races 6,651 16.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,294 41.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 10,649 25.6%
18–24 3,424 8.2%
25–44 10,488 25.2%
45–64 9,644 23.2%
65 and over 7,446 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,177
Establishments: 1,154

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,514 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,283 26.1%
Natural resources & mining 2,104 12.8%
Manufacturing 1,446 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,295 7.9%
Construction 683 4.2%
Professional & business services 550 3.4%
Financial activities 522 3.2%
Public administration 506 3.1%
Other services 272 1.7%
Information 52 0.3%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.6%
Median gross rent: $986
Owner-occupied: 10,885
Renter-occupied: 4,537

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,452 votes cast

Republican 12,439 75.6%
Democratic 3,910 23.8%
Other / third-party 103 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,410 24.2%
Other Indo-European 128 0.3%
Other 124 0.3%
German 60 0.2%
Chinese 36 0.1%
Slavic languages 34 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 11 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,422
Family households: 10,680; 69.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,890
Single-mother households: 777
Veterans: 1,941; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 14,906 35.9%
Evangelical Protestant 10,906 26.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,348 5.6%
Black Protestant 1,440 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 881 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.5%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Angleton, Bay City, Wharton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 45.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023