Dallam County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,979 40.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,965 54.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 246 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 90 1.2%

• Under 18 2,391 32.8%
• 18–24 623 8.5%
• 25–44 2,262 31.0%
• 45–64 1,207 16.5%
• 65 and over 815 11.2%

Median household income

$63,621

90% interval $55,896–$71,346

−$16,102 vs TX · 144th of 254

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 8.8%–14.6%

−1.7 pp vs TX · 193rd of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−1.48 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,126

Establishments

396

• Natural resources & mining 1,399 29.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 890 18.6%
• Manufacturing 808 16.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 398 8.3%
• Education & health services 282 5.9%
• Construction 282 5.9%
• Professional & business services 168 3.5%
• Public administration 139 2.9%
• Other services 131 2.7%
• Financial activities 108 2.3%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.0%

+1.4 pp vs TX · 222nd of 254

Median gross rent

$1,081

−$322 vs TX · 65th of 254

Owner-occupied

1,654

Renter-occupied

932

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Manufacturing, $79,033/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,009/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 1,285 88.8%
• Democratic 152 10.5%
• Other / third-party 10 0.7%

• Spanish 2,491 36.3%
• German or other West Germanic 243 3.5%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

2,586

Family households

1,761

68.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

606

34.4% of families

Single-mother families

207

11.8% of families

Veterans

346

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,387 33.5%
• Mainline Protestant 768 10.8%
• Catholic 300 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 282 4.0%

Health insured

75.6%

±9.9 pp

Uninsured

24.4%

±9.9 pp

20th of 254

With a disability

8.9%

±3.2 pp

250th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

11.9%

±5 pp

−21.9 pp vs TX · 232nd of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

26.4%

90% interval 23.6%–29.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

69th 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

Channing, Dalhart, Dumas, Stratford

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

122.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4