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Jury Pool Profile

Wilson County, Texas

Republican +54 (2024)
Population
51,501
Median household income
$92,461
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 37,157 72.1%
  • Black or African American alone 912 1.8%
  • Asian alone 267 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 204 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 2,828 5.5%
  • Two or more races 10,133 19.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,354 39.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

  • Under 18 12,118 23.5%
  • 18–24 4,030 7.8%
  • 25–44 12,538 24.3%
  • 45–64 14,227 27.6%
  • 65 and over 8,588 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
-0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.7B
0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,619
Establishments
918

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 2,738 28.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,985 20.7%
  • Construction 928 9.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 861 9.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 683 7.1%
  • Professional & business services 681 7.1%
  • Manufacturing 621 6.5%
  • Public administration 408 4.3%
  • Financial activities 251 2.6%
  • Other services 238 2.5%
  • Information 49 0.5%
  • Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
85.7%
Median gross rent
$1,069
Owner-occupied
15,240
Renter-occupied
2,545

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,270 votes cast

  • Republican 20,894 76.6%
  • Democratic 6,247 22.9%
  • Other / third-party 129 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 10,405 21.4%
  • Slavic languages 335 0.7%
  • Vietnamese 93 0.2%
  • German 54 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 53 0.1%
  • Korean 52 0.1%
  • Other Indo-European 41 0.1%
  • Tagalog 34 0.1%
  • Other 14 0.0%
  • Chinese 12 0.0%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
17,785
Family households
14,052
79.0% of households
Married w/ children
11,971
Single-mother households
639
Veterans
4,800
12.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.5% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 13,602 27.3%
  • Evangelical Protestant 4,711 9.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,377 2.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 473 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.7%
With a disability
13.8%
Bachelor's or higher
26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
81st 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
Cotulla, Floresville, Jourdanton, Karnes City, Pearsall

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
6
15.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Wilson County, Texas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.