Favorability to Plaintiff:

2 (Extremely Unfavorable)

Summary:

In the eastern Panhandle, one of Texas’s least-populated counties, under 300 residents and dominated by a single ranch, with a pure ranch economy and no local trial infrastructure. Judges are borrowed, jury panels are tiny, and trials are rare. Verdict history is all but absent, so we rely on regional proxy data. The community is very conservative and tight-knit; any jury will know the parties, which creates a strong defense bias and low plaintiff favorability. If a case reaches a jury, damages stay low and close calls break for the defense. Net: rural, conservative, defense-oriented, and one of the hardest venues in Texas for plaintiffs.

County Seat:

Guthrie

Population (2024):

215

Median Age:

49.1

Median Income:

$70,192

2024 Election Results:

Trump (95.6%)