Jackson County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,614 56.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,055 33.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 994 6.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 214 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 221 1.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 38 0.3%

• Under 18 3,727 24.6%
• 18–24 920 6.1%
• 25–44 3,746 24.7%
• 45–64 3,765 24.8%
• 65 and over 2,994 19.8%

Median household income

$68,156

90% interval $60,865–$75,447

−$11,567 vs TX · 102nd of 254

Below poverty line

14.3%

90% interval 11.1%–17.5%

+0.9 pp vs TX · 143rd of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$772.1M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,181

Establishments

399

• Education & health services 1,009 18.8%
• Construction 843 15.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 746 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 314 5.9%
• Financial activities 219 4.1%
• Public administration 154 2.9%
• Professional & business services 142 2.7%
• Other services 133 2.5%

The sectors listed cover 66.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.8%

+8.2 pp vs TX · 168th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,065

−$338 vs TX · 75th of 254

Owner-occupied

4,265

Renter-occupied

1,763

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% 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, $68,256/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,538/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 5,386 85.1%
• Democratic 907 14.3%
• Other / third-party 36 0.6%

• Spanish 2,595 18.3%
• German or other West Germanic 31 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.1%
• Chinese 4 0.0%

Households

6,028

Family households

4,609

76.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,386

30.1% of families

Single-mother families

339

7.4% of families

Veterans

633

5.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,195 28.0%
• Catholic 3,710 24.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,142 7.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 142 0.9%

Health insured

83.2%

±3.8 pp

Uninsured

16.8%

±3.8 pp

123rd of 254

With a disability

16.1%

±2.8 pp

115th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

16.6%

±3 pp

−17.2 pp vs TX · 183rd of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.1%

90% interval 17.3%–20.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

24th 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

Cuero, Edna, Goliad, Port Lavaca, Refugio, Victoria

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

43.76 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4