Delta County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,236 77.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 499 9.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 440 8.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 24 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 200 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 26 0.5%

• Under 18 1,308 24.1%
• 18–24 243 4.5%
• 25–44 1,512 27.8%
• 45–64 1,265 23.3%
• 65 and over 1,110 20.4%

Median household income

$63,985

90% interval $57,507–$70,463

−$15,738 vs TX · 140th of 254

Below poverty line

14.6%

90% interval 10.9%–18.3%

+1.2 pp vs TX · 131st of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$179.1M

0.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,284

Establishments

113

• Education & health services 284 28.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 98 9.9%
• Public administration 67 6.8%
• Natural resources & mining 64 6.5%
• Professional & business services 50 5.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 34 3.5%
• Financial activities 22 2.2%

The sectors listed cover 62.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.8%

+20.2 pp vs TX · 22nd of 254

Median gross rent

$945

−$458 vs TX · 130th of 254

Owner-occupied

1,800

Renter-occupied

373

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 46% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($57,630 vs $25,084/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,250 84.7%
• Democratic 397 14.9%
• Other / third-party 11 0.4%

• Spanish 94 1.9%
• Tagalog 24 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.1%

Households

2,173

Family households

1,567

72.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

422

26.9% of families

Single-mother families

109

7.0% of families

Veterans

339

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,132 40.8%
• Mainline Protestant 324 6.2%
• Black Protestant 236 4.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

90.5%

±3.1 pp

Uninsured

9.5%

±3.1 pp

245th of 254

With a disability

25.5%

±4.6 pp

12th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

14.9%

±3.5 pp

−18.9 pp vs TX · 205th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.9%

90% interval 13.2%–16.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Cooper, Emory, Mount Vernon, Sulphur Springs

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

24.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1