Morris County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,477 61.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,355 11.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,696 22.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 129 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 308 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 45 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 66 0.5%

• Under 18 2,777 23.0%
• 18–24 1,126 9.3%
• 25–44 2,586 21.4%
• 45–64 2,944 24.4%
• 65 and over 2,643 21.9%

Median household income

$54,697

90% interval $48,658–$60,736

−$25,026 vs TX · 214th of 254

Below poverty line

19.0%

90% interval 15.2%–22.8%

+5.6 pp vs TX · 49th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.8%

+1.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$868.8M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,602

Establishments

224

• Manufacturing 1,141 34.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 639 19.5%
• Education & health services 247 7.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 206 6.3%
• Financial activities 133 4.1%
• Public administration 131 4.0%
• Construction 81 2.5%
• Other services 77 2.3%
• Professional & business services 69 2.1%
• Natural resources & mining 21 0.6%
• Information 17 0.5%
• Unclassified 2 0.1%

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

Home ownership

73.9%

+11.3 pp vs TX · 135th of 254

Median gross rent

$859

−$544 vs TX · 169th of 254

Owner-occupied

3,617

Renter-occupied

1,278

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $85,182/yr) pays 5.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,173/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 4,092 75.3%
• Democratic 1,312 24.1%
• Other / third-party 29 0.5%

• Spanish 998 8.8%
• Vietnamese 100 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 34 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 23 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 14 0.1%

Households

4,895

Family households

3,230

66.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

934

28.9% of families

Single-mother families

326

10.1% of families

Veterans

986

10.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,731 123.0%
• Black Protestant 1,156 9.7%
• Catholic 899 7.5%
• Mainline Protestant 720 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 197 1.6%

Health insured

87.3%

±2 pp

Uninsured

12.7%

±2 pp

214th of 254

With a disability

21.9%

±3 pp

37th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

16.0%

±3.1 pp

−17.8 pp vs TX · 190th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.2%

90% interval 16.5%–19.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

76th 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

Daingerfield, Mount Pleasant, Pittsburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

107.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7