Hale County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,095 31.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,688 61.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,447 4.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 147 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 567 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 155 0.5%

• Under 18 8,446 26.3%
• 18–24 3,645 11.3%
• 25–44 8,428 26.2%
• 45–64 7,037 21.9%
• 65 and over 4,575 14.2%

Median household income

$54,376

90% interval $48,730–$60,022

−$25,347 vs TX · 216th of 254

Below poverty line

18.6%

90% interval 14.6%–22.6%

+5.2 pp vs TX · 53rd of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,347

Establishments

835

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,103 28.6%
• Education & health services 2,518 23.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,031 9.5%
• Natural resources & mining 835 7.7%
• Manufacturing 709 6.5%
• Professional & business services 469 4.3%
• Construction 375 3.5%
• Financial activities 374 3.5%
• Other services 354 3.3%
• Public administration 321 3.0%
• Information 55 0.5%
• Unclassified 18 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 93.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

60.5%

−2.1 pp vs TX · 232nd of 254

Median gross rent

$836

−$567 vs TX · 184th of 254

Owner-occupied

6,674

Renter-occupied

4,350

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Professional & business services, $63,492/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,638/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 7,283 78.5%
• Democratic 1,903 20.5%
• Other / third-party 92 1.0%

• Spanish 10,780 35.9%
• German or other West Germanic 48 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 35 0.1%
• Arabic 31 0.1%
• Tagalog 22 0.1%

Households

11,024

Family households

7,644

69.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,017

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,125

14.7% of families

Veterans

926

3.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,018 46.2%
• Catholic 9,248 28.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,690 5.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 781 2.4%
• Black Protestant 370 1.1%

Health insured

79.0%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

21.0%

±2.6 pp

47th of 254

With a disability

15.0%

±1.6 pp

145th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

15.3%

±2.1 pp

−18.5 pp vs TX · 201st of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

22.6%

90% interval 20.6%–24.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

64th 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

Dimmitt, Plainview, Tulia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

21.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4