Sabine County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,472 84.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 165 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 685 6.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 71 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 504 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 48 0.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 74 0.7%

• Under 18 1,784 17.8%
• 18–24 433 4.3%
• 25–44 1,737 17.3%
• 45–64 3,008 30.0%
• 65 and over 3,061 30.5%

Median household income

$55,457

90% interval $49,050–$61,864

−$24,266 vs TX · 212th of 254

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 11.9%–19.9%

+2.5 pp vs TX · 96th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.8%

+2.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$393.8M

0.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,855

Establishments

215

• Education & health services 925 37.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 398 16.3%
• Construction 201 8.2%
• Public administration 111 4.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 108 4.4%
• Financial activities 79 3.2%
• Professional & business services 55 2.3%
• Other services 33 1.4%

The sectors listed cover 78.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

85.7%

+23.1 pp vs TX · 7th of 254

Median gross rent

$844

−$559 vs TX · 180th of 254

Owner-occupied

3,983

Renter-occupied

666

• 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 (Professional & business services, $68,334/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,373/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 4,972 89.1%
• Democratic 590 10.6%
• Other / third-party 19 0.3%

• Spanish 42 0.4%
• Vietnamese 23 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 14 0.1%

Households

4,649

Family households

3,257

70.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

681

20.9% of families

Single-mother families

62

1.9% of families

Veterans

1,064

12.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,387 44.3%
• Black Protestant 1,666 16.8%
• Mainline Protestant 358 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 207 2.1%
• Catholic 103 1.0%

Health insured

87.2%

±3.7 pp

Uninsured

12.8%

±3.7 pp

212th of 254

With a disability

26.2%

±3.3 pp

9th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

14.3%

±3.5 pp

−19.5 pp vs TX · 213th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.6%

90% interval 16.8%–20.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st 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

Hemphill, Jasper, Newton, San Augustine, Woodville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

12.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1