Jury Pool Profile

Winkler County, Texas

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 7,540
Median household income: $91,898
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,389 58.2%
Black or African American alone 323 4.3%
Asian alone 65 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 179 2.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,198 15.9%
Two or more races 1,384 18.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,660 61.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.3

Under 18 2,144 28.4%
18–24 699 9.3%
25–44 2,007 26.6%
45–64 1,678 22.3%
65 and over 1,012 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -1.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $93,855
Establishments: 239

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 1,559 37.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,048 25.3%
Education & health services 420 10.1%
Leisure & hospitality 306 7.4%
Financial activities 191 4.6%
Professional & business services 157 3.8%
Public administration 142 3.4%
Other services 48 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.5%
Median gross rent: $900
Owner-occupied: 2,406
Renter-occupied: 375

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,932 votes cast

Republican 1,646 85.2%
Democratic 283 14.6%
Other / third-party 3 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

51.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,337 47.6%
Vietnamese 65 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,781
Family households: 2,061; 74.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,525
Single-mother households: 184
Veterans: 253; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,777 35.6%
Catholic 1,000 12.8%
Black Protestant 150 1.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.0%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 109th 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: Andrews, Crane, Kermit

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 129.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023