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Jury Pool Profile

Wood County, Texas

Republican +70 (2024)
Population
46,094
Median household income
$62,524
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 38,804 84.2%
  • Black or African American alone 1,858 4.0%
  • Asian alone 255 0.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 1,552 3.4%
  • Two or more races 3,593 7.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,153 11.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.4

  • Under 18 8,728 18.9%
  • 18–24 3,607 7.8%
  • 25–44 9,014 19.6%
  • 45–64 12,275 26.6%
  • 65 and over 12,470 27.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
+0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.1B
0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay
$48,289
Establishments
943

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 3,108 29.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,140 20.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,204 11.3%
  • Manufacturing 1,139 10.7%
  • Construction 851 8.0%
  • Public administration 564 5.3%
  • Other services 388 3.7%
  • Financial activities 368 3.5%
  • Professional & business services 307 2.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 243 2.3%
  • Information 178 1.7%
  • Unclassified 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
79.9%
Median gross rent
$851
Owner-occupied
14,552
Renter-occupied
3,669

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,381 votes cast

  • Republican 20,621 84.6%
  • Democratic 3,618 14.8%
  • Other / third-party 142 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,775 6.3%
  • German 260 0.6%
  • Other Indo-European 130 0.3%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 79 0.2%
  • Arabic 78 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 60 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 33 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 32 0.1%
  • Korean 27 0.1%
  • Tagalog 25 0.1%
  • Chinese 17 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
18,221
Family households
12,097
66.4% of households
Married w/ children
9,980
Single-mother households
736
Veterans
4,321
11.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 21,376 47.7%
  • Black Protestant 3,956 8.8%
  • Catholic 2,474 5.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,320 5.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 759 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
84.8%
With a disability
21.0%
Bachelor's or higher
22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
402nd 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
Quitman
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
17
45.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
15

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Wood 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.