Zavala County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 569 6.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,717 92.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 79 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 47 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,757 29.3%
• 18–24 865 9.2%
• 25–44 2,486 26.4%
• 45–64 1,827 19.4%
• 65 and over 1,477 15.7%

Median household income

$41,554

90% interval $36,623–$46,485

−$38,169 vs TX · 252nd of 254

Below poverty line

25.7%

90% interval 19.2%–32.2%

+12.3 pp vs TX · 8th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.9%

+2.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$935.0M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,925

Establishments

171

• Education & health services 844 37.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 318 14.0%
• Natural resources & mining 279 12.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 163 7.2%
• Public administration 143 6.3%
• Professional & business services 140 6.2%
• Financial activities 111 4.9%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.0%

+6.4 pp vs TX · 184th of 254

Median gross rent

$548

−$855 vs TX · 244th of 254

Owner-occupied

2,258

Renter-occupied

1,013

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Financial activities, $112,067/yr) pays 6.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,172/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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.

• Democratic 1,984 56.8%
• Republican 1,482 42.4%
• Other / third-party 26 0.7%

• Spanish 5,903 67.5%

Households

3,271

Family households

2,493

76.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

552

22.1% of families

Single-mother families

407

16.3% of families

Veterans

132

2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,100 83.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,189 12.3%
• Mainline Protestant 39 0.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

85.1%

±4.5 pp

Uninsured

14.9%

±4.5 pp

171st of 254

With a disability

19.0%

±3.9 pp

64th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

11.1%

±6.3 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.1%

90% interval 15.3%–18.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

293rd 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

Carrizo Springs, Crystal City, Eagle Pass

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

45.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3