Erath County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 31,602 72.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,757 22.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 770 1.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 417 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 994 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 143 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 111 0.3%

• Under 18 9,073 20.7%
• 18–24 8,826 20.2%
• 25–44 10,132 23.1%
• 45–64 9,266 21.2%
• 65 and over 6,497 14.8%

Median household income

$65,488

90% interval $59,114–$71,862

−$14,235 vs TX · 126th of 254

Below poverty line

14.9%

90% interval 12.0%–17.8%

+1.5 pp vs TX · 120th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.65 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.5B

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,975

Establishments

1,291

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,266 16.7%
• Education & health services 2,910 14.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,497 12.8%
• Manufacturing 2,478 12.7%
• Construction 1,450 7.4%
• Professional & business services 1,295 6.6%
• Natural resources & mining 1,132 5.8%
• Public administration 396 2.0%

The sectors listed cover 79.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.1%

+0.5 pp vs TX · 225th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,146

−$257 vs TX · 54th of 254

Owner-occupied

10,619

Renter-occupied

6,197

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 44% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $69,940/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,065/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 15,349 83.6%
• Democratic 2,871 15.6%
• Other / third-party 130 0.7%

• Spanish 6,091 14.7%
• Chinese 171 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 162 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 140 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 40 0.1%
• Tagalog 34 0.1%
• Arabic 19 0.0%

Households

16,816

Family households

10,903

64.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,075

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

938

8.6% of families

Veterans

2,194

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,456 31.6%
• Catholic 3,110 7.3%
• Mainline Protestant 2,514 5.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 683 1.6%
• Black Protestant 490 1.2%

Health insured

84.8%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

15.2%

±1.9 pp

161st of 254

With a disability

14.0%

±1.4 pp

174th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

32.1%

±2.5 pp

−1.7 pp vs TX · 31st of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

21.3%

90% interval 19.5%–23.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

266th 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

Stephenville

Traffic fatalities

20

57.6 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17