Anderson County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,202 55.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,442 19.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,281 17.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 390 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,100 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 797 1.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 60 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 167 0.3%

• Under 18 11,195 19.2%
• 18–24 4,945 8.5%
• 25–44 18,301 31.3%
• 45–64 15,133 25.9%
• 65 and over 8,865 15.2%

Median household income

$57,927

90% interval $51,606–$64,248

−$21,796 vs TX · 189th of 254

Below poverty line

20.0%

90% interval 15.6%–24.4%

+6.6 pp vs TX · 36th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.7B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,155

Establishments

1,612

• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,410 26.3%
• Education & health services 4,173 20.3%
• Manufacturing 1,810 8.8%
• Professional & business services 1,716 8.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,667 8.1%
• Financial activities 707 3.4%
• Other services 549 2.7%
• Construction 544 2.6%
• Information 464 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 460 2.2%
• Public administration 388 1.9%
• Unclassified 44 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 87.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.3%

+9.7 pp vs TX · 146th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,041

−$362 vs TX · 89th of 254

Owner-occupied

12,716

Renter-occupied

4,863

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $144,655/yr) pays 7.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,781/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 15,597 80.6%
• Democratic 3,635 18.8%
• Other / third-party 121 0.6%

• Spanish 6,652 12.0%
• German or other West Germanic 118 0.2%
• Vietnamese 118 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 87 0.2%
• Tagalog 58 0.1%
• Korean 51 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 43 0.1%
• Arabic 29 0.1%

Households

17,579

Family households

12,481

71.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,076

32.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,332

10.7% of families

Veterans

3,421

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 20,232 34.9%
• Catholic 5,021 8.7%
• Black Protestant 2,492 4.3%
• Mainline Protestant 2,247 3.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,057 1.8%

Health insured

81.5%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

18.5%

±2.3 pp

86th of 254

With a disability

19.4%

±1.9 pp

58th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

15.4%

±2 pp

−18.4 pp vs TX · 198th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.2%

90% interval 16.6%–19.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

3rd 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

Athens, Crockett, Palestine

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

27.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12