Grimes County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,787 56.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,998 25.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,557 11.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 116 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,262 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 118 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 476 1.5%

• Under 18 7,027 22.4%
• 18–24 2,631 8.4%
• 25–44 7,866 25.1%
• 45–64 7,991 25.5%
• 65 and over 5,825 18.6%

Median household income

$67,168

90% interval $59,748–$74,588

−$12,555 vs TX · 111th of 254

Below poverty line

15.0%

90% interval 11.7%–18.3%

+1.6 pp vs TX · 116th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,340

Establishments

618

• Manufacturing 1,845 21.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,726 20.4%
• Education & health services 1,070 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 724 8.5%
• Construction 673 7.9%
• Professional & business services 554 6.5%
• Natural resources & mining 421 5.0%
• Public administration 293 3.5%
• Financial activities 170 2.0%

The sectors listed cover 88.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.9%

+17.3 pp vs TX · 51st of 254

Median gross rent

$1,069

−$334 vs TX · 70th of 254

Owner-occupied

8,196

Renter-occupied

2,059

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $83,467/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $32,260/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 11,197 79.7%
• Democratic 2,734 19.5%
• Other / third-party 112 0.8%

• Spanish 5,801 19.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 165 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 33 0.1%
• Arabic 28 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 19 0.1%
• Vietnamese 19 0.1%

Households

10,255

Family households

7,293

71.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,126

29.2% of families

Single-mother families

670

9.2% of families

Veterans

1,816

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,561 29.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,563 12.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 997 3.4%
• Mainline Protestant 728 2.5%
• Black Protestant 228 0.8%

Health insured

81.7%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

18.3%

±2.5 pp

90th of 254

With a disability

15.4%

±2.1 pp

131st of 254

Bachelor's or higher

19.7%

±2.9 pp

−14.1 pp vs TX · 139th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

20.5%

90% interval 18.7%–22.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

12th 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

Anderson, Huntsville, Madisonville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

15

61.7 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15