Jury Pool Profile
Zapata County, Texas
- County seat
- Zapata
- Judicial district
- 49th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,753
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,841.
At a glance
Zapata County is a 13,753-person venue. The county population is 21% White (Census race-alone categories). 94% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 4.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $43,517, $36,206 below the TX state median of $79,723; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 82.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 27.8% of covered employment, average pay $20,488/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.05%, above the 4.32% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 13,841
- Median household income
- $39,239
- Unemployment
- 7.0%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 21%; Black: 0%.
Zapata County has a population of 13,841, with a median age of 32.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 21.1%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 93.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $43,517; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 30.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 28% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 27.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 12.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.05%, above the Texas state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Zapata County was carried by the Republican candidate with 61.0% of the vote in 2024; the Republican candidate with 52.5% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 65.6% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 82.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
82.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 2.8% of the adult civilian population (263 individuals).