Jury Pool Profile

Willacy County, Texas

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 20,218
Median household income: $45,645
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,486 56.8%
Black or African American alone 293 1.4%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 980 4.8%
Two or more races 7,434 36.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,623 87.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.7

Under 18 4,835 23.9%
18–24 2,454 12.1%
25–44 5,827 28.8%
45–64 4,146 20.5%
65 and over 2,956 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +1.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $684.5M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,749
Establishments: 318

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,451 33.8%
Professional & business services 638 14.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 565 13.1%
Leisure & hospitality 482 11.2%
Natural resources & mining 385 9.0%
Public administration 221 5.1%
Financial activities 132 3.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $868
Owner-occupied: 4,104
Renter-occupied: 1,567

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,563 votes cast

Republican 2,856 51.3%
Democratic 2,673 48.0%
Other / third-party 34 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

39.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 11,596 61.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,671
Family households: 4,182; 73.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,785
Single-mother households: 557
Veterans: 547; 3.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,663 13.2%
Evangelical Protestant 1,049 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 511 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 408 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 73.5%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 138th 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: Raymondville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 6.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023