Brooks County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 500 7.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,256 90.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 40 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 82 1.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 19 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,452 20.9%
• 18–24 527 7.6%
• 25–44 1,872 27.0%
• 45–64 1,595 23.0%
• 65 and over 1,497 21.6%

Median household income

$39,409

90% interval $34,756–$44,062

−$40,314 vs TX · 253rd of 254

Below poverty line

30.6%

90% interval 22.8%–38.4%

+17.2 pp vs TX · 3rd of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$312.0M

0.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$66,254

Establishments

151

• Public administration 661 30.4%
• Education & health services 299 13.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 254 11.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 234 10.8%
• Professional & business services 213 9.8%
• Financial activities 40 1.8%
• Other services 34 1.6%

The sectors listed cover 79.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

52.8%

−9.8 pp vs TX · 248th of 254

Median gross rent

$719

−$684 vs TX · 221st of 254

Owner-occupied

1,572

Renter-occupied

1,405

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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 (Public administration, $115,975/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,271/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 1,308 54.5%
• Republican 1,077 44.8%
• Other / third-party 17 0.7%

• Spanish 3,942 58.2%

Households

2,977

Family households

1,981

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

129

6.5% of families

Single-mother families

166

8.4% of families

Veterans

203

3.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 4,309 60.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 667 9.4%
• Mainline Protestant 93 1.3%

Health insured

78.6%

±5.9 pp

Uninsured

21.4%

±5.9 pp

41st of 254

With a disability

22.4%

±4 pp

28th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

17.0%

±6.7 pp

−16.8 pp vs TX · 172nd of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.4%

90% interval 16.4%–20.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

79th 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

Alice, Falfurrias

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

18.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1