Menard County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,375 70.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 503 25.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 69 3.5%
• 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 18 417 21.3%
• 18–24 24 1.2%
• 25–44 312 16.0%
• 45–64 549 28.1%
• 65 and over 653 33.4%

Median household income

$56,414

90% interval $50,892–$61,936

−$23,309 vs TX · 205th of 254

Below poverty line

20.0%

90% interval 15.0%–25.0%

+6.6 pp vs TX · 38th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$61.7M

0% of state

Avg. annual pay

$36,095

Establishments

80

• Education & health services 137 31.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 103 23.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 67 15.5%
• Public administration 38 8.8%
• Financial activities 17 3.9%
• Construction 14 3.2%
• Other services 3 0.7%
• Unclassified 1 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.7%

+18.1 pp vs TX · 38th of 254

Median gross rent

$729

−$674 vs TX · 218th of 254

Owner-occupied

760

Renter-occupied

182

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($44,584 vs $18,407/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 5.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $40,870 average in Public administration is BLS's published figure for 38 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read. The $46,864 average in Financial activities is BLS's published figure for 17 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 861 82.9%
• Democratic 170 16.4%
• Other / third-party 8 0.8%

• Spanish 411 22.0%
• Arabic 1 0.1%

Households

942

Family households

496

52.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

63

12.7% of families

Single-mother families

43

8.7% of families

Veterans

169

11% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 499 25.4%
• Mainline Protestant 255 13.0%
• Catholic 228 11.6%

Health insured

76.4%

±10.4 pp

Uninsured

23.6%

±10.4 pp

23rd of 254

With a disability

27.4%

±7.8 pp

7th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

24.0%

±8.3 pp

−9.8 pp vs TX · 77th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

24.2%

90% interval 21.8%–26.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

452nd 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

Brady, Junction, Mason, Menard, Rocksprings

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

195.06 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3