Henderson County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 62,680 73.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,555 14.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,304 5.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 665 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,187 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 148 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 75 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 248 0.3%

• Under 18 18,164 21.4%
• 18–24 6,610 7.8%
• 25–44 18,782 22.1%
• 45–64 22,170 26.1%
• 65 and over 19,136 22.5%

Median household income

$61,360

90% interval $57,464–$65,256

−$18,363 vs TX · 164th of 254

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 13.3%–18.5%

+2.5 pp vs TX · 94th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.35 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.8B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,257

Establishments

1,674

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,338 21.6%
• Education & health services 4,328 21.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,072 15.3%
• Manufacturing 2,476 12.3%
• Construction 1,559 7.8%
• Professional & business services 1,360 6.8%
• Financial activities 756 3.8%
• Public administration 667 3.3%
• Other services 595 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 299 1.5%
• Information 195 1.0%
• Unclassified 66 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 98.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.8%

+15.2 pp vs TX · 81st of 254

Median gross rent

$1,048

−$355 vs TX · 82nd of 254

Owner-occupied

26,126

Renter-occupied

7,449

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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 (Manufacturing, $68,772/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,116/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 31,379 81.4%
• Democratic 6,919 18.0%
• Other / third-party 230 0.6%

• Spanish 7,821 9.8%
• German or other West Germanic 109 0.1%
• Arabic 82 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 68 0.1%
• Tagalog 68 0.1%
• Vietnamese 30 0.0%
• Chinese 15 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%

Households

33,575

Family households

23,342

69.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,931

25.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,717

7.4% of families

Veterans

5,667

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 26,596 32.4%
• Catholic 6,659 8.1%
• Mainline Protestant 3,834 4.7%
• Black Protestant 1,802 2.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 947 1.2%

Health insured

83.3%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

16.7%

±1.1 pp

126th of 254

With a disability

18.9%

±1 pp

65th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

20.7%

±1.5 pp

−13.1 pp vs TX · 124th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.5%

90% interval 18.0%–21.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd 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

Athens, Crockett, Palestine

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

26

38.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

18