Jeff Davis County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,221 65.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 562 30.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 82 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 336 18.0%
• 18–24 0 0.0%
• 25–44 302 16.2%
• 45–64 595 31.9%
• 65 and over 632 33.9%

Median household income

$67,735

90% interval $59,773–$75,697

−$11,988 vs TX · 106th of 254

Below poverty line

12.8%

90% interval 9.6%–16.0%

−0.6 pp vs TX · 174th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$105.2M

0% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,642

Establishments

88

• Leisure & hospitality 175 21.1%
• Natural resources & mining 149 18.0%
• Education & health services 101 12.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 85 10.3%
• Professional & business services 80 9.7%
• Other services 49 5.9%
• Financial activities 28 3.4%
• Public administration 20 2.4%
• Construction 11 1.3%
• Manufacturing 8 1.0%

The sectors listed cover 85.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

88.0%

+25.4 pp vs TX · 2nd of 254

Median gross rent

$1,241

−$162 vs TX · 36th of 254

Owner-occupied

850

Renter-occupied

116

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 51% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.8× the lowest ($53,822 vs $30,223/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 699 59.8%
• Democratic 450 38.5%
• Other / third-party 20 1.7%

• Spanish 414 23.9%
• German or other West Germanic 22 1.3%

Households

966

Family households

570

59.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

146

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

47

8.2% of families

Veterans

142

9.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 327 16.4%
• Catholic 300 15.0%
• Mainline Protestant 89 4.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.1%

Health insured

85.5%

±6.2 pp

Uninsured

14.5%

±6.2 pp

175th of 254

With a disability

17.0%

±10.3 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

Bachelor's or higher

35.9%

±7.4 pp

+2.1 pp vs TX · 18th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.5%

90% interval 13.6%–17.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

394th 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

Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

196.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3