Jury Pool Profile
Wise County, Texas
- County seat
- Decatur
- Judicial district
- 271st District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 83,778
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 75,005.
At a glance
Wise County is an 83,778-person venue. The county population is 80% White (Census race-alone categories). 21% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 72.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $96,255, $16,532 above the TX state median of $79,723; 22.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 20.6% of covered employment, average pay $59,841/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.86%, below the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 84% to 85% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 75,005
- Median household income
- $93,421
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 80% / 2%.
Wise County has a population of 75,005, with a median age of 39.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.2%; Black residents 1.7%. Independently, 21.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $96,255; 22.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 4,550, Trade, transportation & utilities about 4,490. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 5.1% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 20.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.86%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 84%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Wise County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.7% in 2024, 83.5% in 2020, 83.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 76% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
16.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.8% of the adult civilian population (4,955 individuals).