Marion County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,771 69.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 468 4.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,133 21.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 16 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 303 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 40 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%

• Under 18 1,649 16.9%
• 18–24 759 7.8%
• 25–44 1,814 18.6%
• 45–64 2,897 29.8%
• 65 and over 2,618 26.9%

Median household income

$50,632

90% interval $44,623–$56,641

−$29,091 vs TX · 242nd of 254

Below poverty line

21.0%

90% interval 16.0%–26.0%

+7.6 pp vs TX · 30th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+1.7 pp vs. state

County GDP

$393.0M

0.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,118

Establishments

167

• Education & health services 438 19.9%
• Manufacturing 397 18.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 289 13.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 280 12.7%
• Professional & business services 163 7.4%
• Public administration 107 4.9%
• Construction 103 4.7%
• Natural resources & mining 81 3.7%

The sectors listed cover 84.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.5%

+15.9 pp vs TX · 71st of 254

Median gross rent

$911

−$492 vs TX · 151st of 254

Owner-occupied

3,302

Renter-occupied

905

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $111,021/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,371/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 3,577 75.9%
• Democratic 1,101 23.4%
• Other / third-party 36 0.8%

• Spanish 100 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 6 0.1%

Households

4,207

Family households

2,405

57.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

338

14.1% of families

Single-mother families

232

9.6% of families

Veterans

911

11.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,221 22.8%
• Mainline Protestant 880 9.0%
• Black Protestant 626 6.4%
• Catholic 256 2.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 138 1.4%

Health insured

85.7%

±3.6 pp

Uninsured

14.3%

±3.6 pp

181st of 254

With a disability

22.0%

±3.3 pp

35th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

15.6%

±2.9 pp

−18.2 pp vs TX · 196th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.9%

90% interval 16.1%–19.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

115th 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

Gilmer, Jefferson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

24.73 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2