Van Zandt County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 50,270 80.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,407 13.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,456 2.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 301 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,805 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 214 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 188 0.3%

• Under 18 14,386 23.0%
• 18–24 4,572 7.3%
• 25–44 14,457 23.1%
• 45–64 16,483 26.3%
• 65 and over 12,751 20.4%

Median household income

$67,538

90% interval $60,405–$74,671

−$12,185 vs TX · 109th of 254

Below poverty line

13.0%

90% interval 10.4%–15.6%

−0.4 pp vs TX · 172nd of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,144

Establishments

1,124

• Education & health services 3,278 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,753 21.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,872 14.5%
• Manufacturing 1,202 9.3%
• Construction 1,101 8.5%
• Professional & business services 809 6.3%
• Natural resources & mining 479 3.7%
• Financial activities 435 3.4%
• Public administration 403 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.5%

+18.9 pp vs TX · 32nd of 254

Median gross rent

$1,066

−$337 vs TX · 73rd of 254

Owner-occupied

18,482

Renter-occupied

4,200

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Manufacturing, $67,208/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,873/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 24,351 87.2%
• Democratic 3,450 12.4%
• Other / third-party 134 0.5%

• Spanish 5,415 9.2%
• German or other West Germanic 136 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 115 0.2%
• Chinese 57 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 49 0.1%
• Arabic 28 0.0%
• Vietnamese 15 0.0%
• Tagalog 12 0.0%

Households

22,682

Family households

16,273

71.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,275

26.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,097

6.7% of families

Veterans

4,124

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 19,239 32.3%
• Mainline Protestant 3,079 5.2%
• Catholic 1,604 2.7%
• Black Protestant 912 1.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 549 0.9%

Health insured

81.6%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

18.4%

±1.7 pp

89th of 254

With a disability

14.7%

±1.1 pp

157th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

19.8%

±1.8 pp

−14.0 pp vs TX · 138th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

22.0%

90% interval 20.2%–23.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

294th 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

Canton

Traffic fatalities

12

24.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11