Tyler County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,458 76.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,696 8.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,157 10.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 87 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 774 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 49 0.2%

• Under 18 3,885 19.2%
• 18–24 1,484 7.3%
• 25–44 5,277 26.1%
• 45–64 5,054 25.0%
• 65 and over 4,538 22.4%

Median household income

$60,052

90% interval $54,495–$65,609

−$19,671 vs TX · 171st of 254

Below poverty line

16.3%

90% interval 12.3%–20.3%

+2.9 pp vs TX · 84th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.9%

+1.59 pp vs. state

County GDP

$683.0M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,268

Establishments

340

• Education & health services 1,211 29.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 796 19.5%
• Professional & business services 300 7.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 289 7.1%
• Financial activities 220 5.4%
• Natural resources & mining 206 5.0%
• Public administration 174 4.3%
• Manufacturing 148 3.6%
• Construction 116 2.8%

The sectors listed cover 84.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.2%

+18.6 pp vs TX · 36th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,049

−$354 vs TX · 81st of 254

Owner-occupied

5,800

Renter-occupied

1,345

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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, $73,444/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,423/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 8,286 86.5%
• Democratic 1,249 13.0%
• Other / third-party 42 0.4%

• Spanish 1,051 5.4%
• German or other West Germanic 46 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 44 0.2%
• Vietnamese 31 0.2%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Chinese 2 0.0%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

7,145

Family households

4,898

68.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,199

24.5% of families

Single-mother families

254

5.2% of families

Veterans

1,522

9.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,374 42.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 773 3.9%
• Catholic 665 3.4%
• Mainline Protestant 521 2.6%
• Black Protestant 90 0.5%

Health insured

84.3%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

15.7%

±2.4 pp

150th of 254

With a disability

26.0%

±2.6 pp

11th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

12.4%

±2.2 pp

−21.4 pp vs TX · 228th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.8%

90% interval 18.1%–21.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1-A 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

4

24.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4