Castro County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,180 29.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,817 65.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 86 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 66 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 133 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 60 0.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

• Under 18 2,135 29.1%
• 18–24 741 10.1%
• 25–44 1,654 22.5%
• 45–64 1,438 19.6%
• 65 and over 1,376 18.7%

Median household income

$66,616

90% interval $58,637–$74,595

−$13,107 vs TX · 116th of 254

Below poverty line

16.7%

90% interval 12.9%–20.5%

+3.3 pp vs TX · 79th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−1.42 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,236

Establishments

294

• Natural resources & mining 1,127 38.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 499 17.0%
• Professional & business services 179 6.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 165 5.6%
• Education & health services 79 2.7%
• Financial activities 70 2.4%
• Other services 44 1.5%
• Public administration 8 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 74.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.6%

+1.0 pp vs TX · 223rd of 254

Median gross rent

$896

−$507 vs TX · 156th of 254

Owner-occupied

1,534

Renter-occupied

879

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $57,196/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,817/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 10.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,594 78.9%
• Democratic 418 20.7%
• Other / third-party 9 0.4%

• Spanish 3,481 51.6%
• Tagalog 51 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 5 0.1%

Households

2,413

Family households

1,896

78.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

643

33.9% of families

Single-mother families

157

8.3% of families

Veterans

373

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,876 39.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,270 30.8%
• Mainline Protestant 405 5.5%

Health insured

77.8%

±3.2 pp

Uninsured

22.2%

±3.2 pp

32nd of 254

With a disability

9.3%

±2.8 pp

246th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

18.6%

±4.2 pp

−15.2 pp vs TX · 151st of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

23.7%

90% interval 21.5%–25.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

64th 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

Dimmitt, Plainview, Tulia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

38.4 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2