Donley County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,520 77.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 410 12.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 168 5.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 83 2.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 53 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 17 0.5%

• Under 18 573 17.6%
• 18–24 516 15.8%
• 25–44 679 20.8%
• 45–64 671 20.6%
• 65 and over 818 25.1%

Median household income

$51,408

90% interval $45,551–$57,265

−$28,315 vs TX · 239th of 254

Below poverty line

17.2%

90% interval 12.8%–21.6%

+3.8 pp vs TX · 70th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$173.2M

0.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,371

Establishments

125

• Education & health services 342 38.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 131 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 99 11.0%
• Natural resources & mining 82 9.1%
• Public administration 63 7.0%
• Professional & business services 49 5.5%
• Financial activities 30 3.3%

The sectors listed cover 88.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.8%

+12.2 pp vs TX · 123rd of 254

Median gross rent

$780

−$623 vs TX · 204th of 254

Owner-occupied

883

Renter-occupied

297

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($43,541 vs $19,201/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,512 88.3%
• Democratic 174 10.2%
• Other / third-party 26 1.5%

• Spanish 169 5.4%
• Chinese 63 2.0%

Households

1,180

Family households

755

64.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

161

21.3% of families

Single-mother families

35

4.6% of families

Veterans

161

6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,129 65.3%
• Mainline Protestant 260 8.0%
• Catholic 150 4.6%
• Black Protestant 120 3.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 34 1.0%

Health insured

82.1%

±5.2 pp

Uninsured

17.9%

±5.2 pp

97th of 254

With a disability

8.0%

±2.3 pp

254th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

16.6%

±4.5 pp

−17.2 pp vs TX · 182nd of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

22.0%

90% interval 19.7%–24.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

100th 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

Childress, Clarendon, Memphis, Panhandle, Wellington

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

37.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1