Upshur County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,848 77.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,434 10.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,052 7.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 251 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,875 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 15 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 65 0.2%

• Under 18 10,138 23.8%
• 18–24 3,206 7.5%
• 25–44 10,395 24.4%
• 45–64 10,965 25.8%
• 65 and over 7,863 18.5%

Median household income

$69,431

90% interval $64,278–$74,584

−$10,292 vs TX · 90th of 254

Below poverty line

13.7%

90% interval 10.6%–16.8%

+0.3 pp vs TX · 157th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,613

Establishments

581

• Education & health services 2,384 30.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,603 20.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 873 11.2%
• Construction 809 10.4%
• Professional & business services 355 4.6%
• Financial activities 311 4.0%
• Public administration 259 3.3%
• Information 236 3.0%

The sectors listed cover 87.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.7%

+18.1 pp vs TX · 40th of 254

Median gross rent

$995

−$408 vs TX · 107th of 254

Owner-occupied

12,569

Renter-occupied

3,014

• 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 (Financial activities, $75,372/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,956/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 16,939 85.2%
• Democratic 2,820 14.2%
• Other / third-party 123 0.6%

• Spanish 2,210 5.5%
• Chinese 125 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 105 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 20 0.0%

Households

15,583

Family households

11,071

71.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,456

31.2% of families

Single-mother families

791

7.1% of families

Veterans

3,184

9.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 12,022 29.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,610 6.4%
• Black Protestant 2,474 6.1%
• Mainline Protestant 641 1.6%
• Catholic 450 1.1%

Health insured

86.2%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

13.8%

±1.6 pp

193rd of 254

With a disability

20.0%

±1.7 pp

51st of 254

Bachelor's or higher

18.2%

±2.1 pp

−15.6 pp vs TX · 159th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.5%

90% interval 15.9%–19.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

115th 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

Gilmer, Jefferson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

16

49.34 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15