Favorability to Plaintiff:

5 (Neutral)

Summary:

A rural East Texas venue with an agricultural-timber economy and a conservative base, Houston County has limited plaintiff infrastructure and a thin verdict record, so regional proxies help set expectations. Juries lean defense but know logging and workplace injuries, suggesting they will award damages on clear employer negligence, though numbers stay modest. The county mixes rural areas with small pockets of industry and reads as a moderate score on paper, yet the track record is sparse with no major plaintiff wins. Net: a difficult, defense-tilting forum with some empathy for local plaintiffs when facts are clean.

County Seat:

Crockett

Population (2024):

22,197

Median Age:

44

Median Income:

$54,563

2024 Election Results:

Trump (77.3%)