Favorability to Plaintiff:

6 (Moderately Favorable)

Summary:

A rural–industrial venue built on timber and oil/gas, with a decent local plaintiff bar and the usual East Texas advantages, Upshur often produces balanced outcomes. The culture is conservative and rural in profile, yet there have been large truck accident verdicts, $260M in a wrongful-death case and $101M in another, that show jurors will back a sympathetic plaintiff and push numbers when the facts warrant it. Net: a moderate-score East Texas forum where politics read red, but the verdict history signals more plaintiff favorability than the voting map suggests.

County Seat:

Gilmer

Population (2024):

44,050

Median Age:

40.3

Median Income:

$62,794

2024 Election Results:

Trump (85.2%)