Dickens County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,098 62.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 573 32.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 24 1.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 27 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 17 1.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 371 21.2%
• 18–24 115 6.6%
• 25–44 366 21.0%
• 45–64 428 24.5%
• 65 and over 467 26.7%

Median household income

$52,796

90% interval $46,559–$59,033

−$26,927 vs TX · 227th of 254

Below poverty line

17.8%

90% interval 13.6%–22.0%

+4.4 pp vs TX · 63rd of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$115.4M

0% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,783

Establishments

66

• Trade, transportation & utilities 106 20.0%
• Natural resources & mining 39 7.4%
• Financial activities 31 5.8%
• Public administration 8 1.5%

The sectors listed cover 34.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.5%

+16.9 pp vs TX · 56th of 254

Median gross rent

$758

−$645 vs TX · 210th of 254

Owner-occupied

578

Renter-occupied

149

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 33% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $127,516 average in Financial activities is BLS's published figure for 31 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read. The $61,295 average in Public administration is BLS's published figure for 8 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 844 85.0%
• Democratic 146 14.7%
• Other / third-party 3 0.3%

• Spanish 293 17.9%
• Chinese 13 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 7 0.4%
• Tagalog 1 0.1%

Households

727

Family households

447

61.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

115

25.7% of families

Single-mother families

24

5.4% of families

Veterans

55

4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 863 48.8%
• Catholic 297 16.8%
• Mainline Protestant 204 11.5%

Health insured

88.0%

±2.9 pp

Uninsured

12.0%

±2.9 pp

222nd of 254

With a disability

27.8%

±5 pp

4th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

18.0%

±3.5 pp

−15.8 pp vs TX · 160th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.8%

90% interval 17.7%–21.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

110th 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

Dickens, Floydada, Matador, Silverton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

72.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1