Washington County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,514 61.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,772 18.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,191 14.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 529 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,433 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 110 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 98 0.3%

• Under 18 7,757 21.2%
• 18–24 4,055 11.1%
• 25–44 7,782 21.2%
• 45–64 8,589 23.4%
• 65 and over 8,464 23.1%

Median household income

$73,738

90% interval $67,621–$79,855

−$5,985 vs TX · 68th of 254

Below poverty line

12.4%

90% interval 9.4%–15.4%

−1.0 pp vs TX · 183rd of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.39 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

0.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,079

Establishments

1,086

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,936 23.6%
• Education & health services 3,276 19.6%
• Manufacturing 2,846 17.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,703 10.2%
• Financial activities 994 5.9%
• Professional & business services 828 5.0%
• Public administration 414 2.5%

The sectors listed cover 83.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.8%

+7.2 pp vs TX · 179th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,165

−$238 vs TX · 49th of 254

Owner-occupied

10,804

Renter-occupied

4,677

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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, $90,890/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,778/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 14,020 77.0%
• Democratic 4,058 22.3%
• Other / third-party 130 0.7%

• Spanish 3,707 10.6%
• Tagalog 193 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 121 0.3%
• Korean 96 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 60 0.2%
• Chinese 27 0.1%
• Arabic 10 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.0%

Households

15,481

Family households

9,935

64.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,497

25.1% of families

Single-mother families

729

7.3% of families

Veterans

1,975

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 9,219 25.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,420 20.7%
• Mainline Protestant 7,209 20.1%
• Black Protestant 920 2.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 813 2.3%

Health insured

85.5%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

14.5%

±2.6 pp

178th of 254

With a disability

14.5%

±1.7 pp

161st of 254

Bachelor's or higher

30.7%

±2.6 pp

−3.1 pp vs TX · 36th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.6%

90% interval 15.0%–18.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

21st 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

Bastrop, Brenham, Caldwell, Giddings

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

45 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11