Colorado County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,178 53.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,409 30.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,040 9.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 141 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,115 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 111 0.5%

• Under 18 4,899 23.3%
• 18–24 1,599 7.6%
• 25–44 4,341 20.7%
• 45–64 5,257 25.0%
• 65 and over 4,910 23.4%

Median household income

$66,938

90% interval $60,211–$73,665

−$12,785 vs TX · 114th of 254

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 10.2%–16.6%

+0.0 pp vs TX · 165th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,984

Establishments

631

• Education & health services 1,704 22.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,614 21.5%
• Manufacturing 1,153 15.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,090 14.5%
• Construction 501 6.7%
• Natural resources & mining 464 6.2%
• Professional & business services 243 3.2%
• Public administration 236 3.1%
• Financial activities 187 2.5%

The sectors listed cover 96.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.5%

+16.9 pp vs TX · 55th of 254

Median gross rent

$926

−$477 vs TX · 142nd of 254

Owner-occupied

6,311

Renter-occupied

1,626

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Construction, $78,797/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,084/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 7,824 78.3%
• Democratic 2,108 21.1%
• Other / third-party 62 0.6%

• Spanish 3,383 17.2%
• German or other West Germanic 47 0.2%
• Vietnamese 36 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.0%

Households

7,937

Family households

5,372

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,031

19.2% of families

Single-mother families

214

4.0% of families

Veterans

936

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,029 39.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,116 10.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,779 8.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 378 1.8%
• Black Protestant 121 0.6%

Health insured

87.4%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

12.6%

±2.5 pp

217th of 254

With a disability

19.4%

±2.3 pp

59th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

22.9%

±3 pp

−10.9 pp vs TX · 90th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

20.7%

90% interval 18.8%–22.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th 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

Columbus, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Seguin

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

62.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9