Wilson County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,906 54.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,077 39.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,041 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 336 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 947 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 73 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 391 0.7%

• Under 18 12,395 23.5%
• 18–24 4,068 7.7%
• 25–44 12,904 24.4%
• 45–64 14,375 27.2%
• 65 and over 9,039 17.1%

Median household income

$97,327

90% interval $90,862–$103,792

+$17,604 vs TX · 16th of 254

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 7.4%–11.2%

−4.1 pp vs TX · 228th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,339

Establishments

924

• Education & health services 2,791 29.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,026 21.1%
• Construction 932 9.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 851 8.9%
• Professional & business services 684 7.1%
• Natural resources & mining 629 6.6%
• Manufacturing 599 6.2%
• Public administration 378 3.9%

The sectors listed cover 92.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.7%

+22.1 pp vs TX · 9th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,069

−$334 vs TX · 71st of 254

Owner-occupied

15,411

Renter-occupied

2,774

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $91,742/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,177/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 20,894 76.6%
• Democratic 6,247 22.9%
• Other / third-party 129 0.5%

• Spanish 10,824 21.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 284 0.6%
• Vietnamese 78 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 74 0.1%
• Korean 61 0.1%
• Chinese 53 0.1%
• Tagalog 39 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

18,185

Family households

14,255

78.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,793

33.6% of families

Single-mother families

675

4.7% of families

Veterans

5,059

12.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,602 27.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,711 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,377 2.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 473 1.0%

Health insured

89.0%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

11.0%

±1.5 pp

235th of 254

With a disability

15.3%

±1.2 pp

133rd of 254

Bachelor's or higher

25.9%

±2 pp

−7.9 pp vs TX · 65th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.9%

90% interval 13.6%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

81st 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

Cotulla, Floresville, Jourdanton, Karnes City, Pearsall

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

12.38 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5