Gonzales County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,064 40.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,139 51.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,159 5.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 76 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 237 1.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 116 0.6%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 43 0.2%

• Under 18 5,056 25.5%
• 18–24 1,644 8.3%
• 25–44 4,536 22.9%
• 45–64 5,019 25.3%
• 65 and over 3,596 18.1%

Median household income

$60,783

90% interval $53,470–$68,096

−$18,940 vs TX · 167th of 254

Below poverty line

18.0%

90% interval 14.9%–21.1%

+4.6 pp vs TX · 61st of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.52 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.7B

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,422

Establishments

545

• Education & health services 1,738 23.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,641 22.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,158 15.8%
• Manufacturing 984 13.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 648 8.8%
• Public administration 320 4.4%
• Construction 240 3.3%
• Financial activities 220 3.0%
• Professional & business services 197 2.7%
• Other services 88 1.2%
• Information 17 0.2%
• Unclassified 9 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.2%

+3.6 pp vs TX · 209th of 254

Median gross rent

$840

−$563 vs TX · 181st of 254

Owner-occupied

5,248

Renter-occupied

2,678

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Financial activities, $74,054/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,466/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 5,981 77.1%
• Democratic 1,729 22.3%
• Other / third-party 45 0.6%

• Spanish 4,869 26.3%
• German or other West Germanic 56 0.3%
• Korean 38 0.2%
• Tagalog 23 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16 0.1%
• Chinese 9 0.0%

Households

7,926

Family households

5,330

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,108

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

776

14.6% of families

Veterans

765

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 7,980 40.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,900 30.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,022 10.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 252 1.3%
• Black Protestant 202 1.0%

Health insured

82.0%

±3.6 pp

Uninsured

18.0%

±3.6 pp

95th of 254

With a disability

17.4%

±2 pp

92nd of 254

Bachelor's or higher

11.9%

±2.3 pp

−21.9 pp vs TX · 234th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

25.5%

90% interval 23.5%–27.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th 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

Columbus, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Seguin

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

47.31 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5