Jury Pool Profile

Zavala County, Texas

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 9,532
Median household income: $41,887
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,469 36.4%
Black or African American alone 79 0.8%
Asian alone 78 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 526 5.5%
Two or more races 5,369 56.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,831 92.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.5

Under 18 2,810 29.5%
18–24 1,016 10.7%
25–44 2,372 24.9%
45–64 1,865 19.6%
65 and over 1,469 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +2.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $935.0M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,566
Establishments: 178

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 901 37.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 341 14.0%
Natural resources & mining 300 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 180 7.4%
Public administration 148 6.1%
Professional & business services 139 5.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.0%
Median gross rent: $544
Owner-occupied: 2,421
Renter-occupied: 990

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,492 votes cast

Democratic 1,984 56.8%
Republican 1,482 42.4%
Other / third-party 26 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

27.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,376 72.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,411
Family households: 2,684; 78.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,238
Single-mother households: 591
Veterans: 165; 2.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

96.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,100 83.8%
Evangelical Protestant 1,189 12.3%
Mainline Protestant 39 0.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 293rd 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: Carrizo Springs, Crystal City, Eagle Pass

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 238.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023