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Karnes County, TX

People
Population14,968B01003
Population, 2020 census14,710P1
Median age38.1B01002
Under 1819.4%B01001
65 and over15.2%B01001
Households4,730B11001
Foreign born3.7%B05002
Money
Median household income$60,214B19013
Median family income$81,548B19113
Per capita income$31,304B19301
Poverty rate19.1%B17001
Unemployment rate2.9%B23025
Civilian labor force5,509B23025
Mean commute (minutes)20.9B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher14.3%B15003
Housing
Housing units5,975B25001
Owner-occupied62.4%B25003
Renters37.6%B25003
Median home value$149,000B25077
Median gross rent$957B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic34.7%B03002
Black9.3%B03002
Hispanic or Latino53.4%B03002
Asian0.3%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 77% of Texas's ($78,476); poverty 19.1% against 13.8%; 0.0% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9701: 2,039Census Tract 9702: 4,469Census Tract 9703.01: 3,341Census Tract 9703.02: 3,482Census Tract 9704: 1,637Karnes CityKenedyRungeFalls CityZIP 78118: 73 nonprofits, $148,981,577ZIP 78119: 52 nonprofits, $866,954ZIP 78151: 17 nonprofits, $156,628ZIP 78144: 4 nonprofits, $1,494,683ZIP 78116: 4 nonprofits, $177,729ZIP 78117: 4 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,0392,039 to 3,3413,341 to 3,482over 3,482nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Karnes County, TX

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits154$151,677,571 revenue (latest return)KARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC ($142,923,586)
Nonprofit contractors1$241,998 paid by nonprofitsRED EWALD LLC ($241,998)
Form 5500 plan sponsors2528 plansTIERRA LEASE SERVICE, LLC (2)
Open Payments recipients18$16,525 industry paymentsFREDERICK RYAN WADE KRAUSE ($4,607)
Patent and trademark owners1627 patents and marksCoffeecionado, LLC (6)
Federal award recipients481$84,785,595 federal awardsKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. ($15,972,519)
State business registrations26ROBERT FLETCHER, PLLC

Cross-reference: 154 nonprofits for 14,968 residents is 102.9 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $151,677,571 is $10,133 per resident, 53.3% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1BRADLEY BIERSTEDTGENERAL MANAGER (RETIRED DEC '23)KARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$355,83620235.9x
2ERIC HALFMANNGENERAL MANAGERKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$287,79320254.8x
3QUINT WOELFELSHOP FOREMANKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$240,02620214.0x
4PATRICK JANYSEKCONSTUCTION MANAGERKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$233,40420243.9x
5JOE ESCANDONCONSTRUCTION FOREMANKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$231,73920243.8x
6RANDY ORTIZMAINTENANCE FOREMANKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$230,49120253.8x
7RUSSELL KORZEKWAENGINEERING MANAGERKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$221,02920253.7x
8PAUL RODRIGUEZSERVICEMANKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$218,51820253.6x
9JASON VYVLECKAFLEET FOREMANKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$215,32120253.6x
10JESSE BENAVIDESOPERATIONS MANAGERKARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$211,09120253.5x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $60,214.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 5 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 97024,469$56,89424.9%36.1
Census Tract 9703.023,482$63,45216.2%40.5
Census Tract 9703.013,341$39,4706.0%39.2
Census Tract 97012,039$91,6673.2%43.3
Census Tract 97041,637$40,23437.6%25.6

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0