Montague County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,592 83.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,586 12.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 35 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 712 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 97 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%

• Under 18 4,788 22.8%
• 18–24 1,385 6.6%
• 25–44 4,695 22.3%
• 45–64 5,585 26.5%
• 65 and over 4,593 21.8%

Median household income

$64,975

90% interval $57,516–$72,434

−$14,748 vs TX · 129th of 254

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 10.7%–16.1%

+0.0 pp vs TX · 169th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$798.4M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,568

Establishments

514

• Education & health services 1,274 26.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,050 21.8%
• Manufacturing 678 14.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 422 8.8%
• Construction 319 6.6%
• Natural resources & mining 217 4.5%
• Financial activities 206 4.3%
• Public administration 190 3.9%
• Other services 158 3.3%

The sectors listed cover 93.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.9%

+17.3 pp vs TX · 52nd of 254

Median gross rent

$1,008

−$395 vs TX · 102nd of 254

Owner-occupied

6,820

Renter-occupied

1,718

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Construction, $69,518/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,428/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 9,825 88.5%
• Democratic 1,208 10.9%
• Other / third-party 64 0.6%

• Spanish 1,522 7.6%
• German or other West Germanic 50 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 28 0.1%

Households

8,538

Family households

5,732

67.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,576

27.5% of families

Single-mother families

455

7.9% of families

Veterans

1,517

9.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,434 32.2%
• Catholic 1,280 6.4%
• Mainline Protestant 683 3.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 195 1.0%
• Black Protestant 126 0.6%

Health insured

85.5%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

14.5%

±1.8 pp

177th of 254

With a disability

18.6%

±2.2 pp

70th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

18.9%

±2.5 pp

−14.9 pp vs TX · 150th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

22.0%

90% interval 20.2%–23.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

97th 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

Archer City, Henrietta, Montague

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

49.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8