Jury Pool Profile

Zapata County, Texas

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 13,855
Median household income: $36,527
Unemployment: 6.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,478 39.5%
Black or African American alone 37 0.3%
Asian alone 109 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 908 6.6%
Two or more races 7,323 52.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,014 93.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.5

Under 18 4,463 32.2%
18–24 1,448 10.5%
25–44 3,441 24.8%
45–64 2,628 19.0%
65 and over 1,875 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.9%; +2.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $668.4M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,400
Establishments: 166

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 698 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 391 13.9%
Public administration 367 13.0%
Financial activities 191 6.8%
Leisure & hospitality 174 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 121 4.3%
Construction 104 3.7%
Other services 31 1.1%
Professional & business services 28 1.0%
Manufacturing 21 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $569
Owner-occupied: 3,442
Renter-occupied: 1,170

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,871 votes cast

Republican 2,970 61.0%
Democratic 1,877 38.5%
Other / third-party 24 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

15.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,758 84.3%
Vietnamese 81 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,612
Family households: 3,134; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,600
Single-mother households: 662
Veterans: 230; 2.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,636 55.0%
Evangelical Protestant 799 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 541 3.9%
Mainline Protestant 57 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 72.3%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 49th 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: Laredo, Zapata

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 21.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023