Swisher County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,880 41.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,212 46.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 536 7.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 192 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 41 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 73 1.1%

• Under 18 1,660 23.9%
• 18–24 629 9.1%
• 25–44 1,942 28.0%
• 45–64 1,579 22.8%
• 65 and over 1,127 16.2%

Median household income

$60,199

90% interval $52,946–$67,452

−$19,524 vs TX · 169th of 254

Below poverty line

23.2%

90% interval 18.9%–27.5%

+9.8 pp vs TX · 15th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$672.3M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,715

Establishments

177

• Trade, transportation & utilities 372 20.8%
• Natural resources & mining 246 13.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 103 5.8%
• Manufacturing 79 4.4%
• Other services 51 2.8%
• Construction 43 2.4%
• Financial activities 42 2.3%
• Education & health services 42 2.3%
• Public administration 15 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 55.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.4%

+3.8 pp vs TX · 205th of 254

Median gross rent

$783

−$620 vs TX · 201st of 254

Owner-occupied

1,583

Renter-occupied

800

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 40% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $55,829/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,065/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 1,840 81.2%
• Democratic 403 17.8%
• Other / third-party 22 1.0%

• Spanish 1,565 24.0%
• Arabic 11 0.2%
• Korean 5 0.1%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

2,383

Family households

1,440

60.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

392

27.2% of families

Single-mother families

195

13.5% of families

Veterans

186

3.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,578 51.3%
• Catholic 630 9.0%
• Mainline Protestant 626 9.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14 0.2%

Health insured

76.7%

±5.4 pp

Uninsured

23.3%

±5.4 pp

26th of 254

With a disability

14.9%

±2.8 pp

151st of 254

Bachelor's or higher

15.5%

±3.5 pp

−18.3 pp vs TX · 197th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

23.5%

90% interval 21.3%–25.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

64th 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

Dimmitt, Plainview, Tulia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

18.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1