Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety28#661/924
Economy20#743/925
Housing33#616/925
Health18#755/925
Healthcare4#885/923
Environment6#861/917
Education27#671/925
Infrastructure9#842/925
Community19#751/925
Leisure & amenities15#787/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Paris, TX micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low23.5%
81/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · low10.3 /100k
80/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Social associations · high13.2 /10k
75/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high1.9 /10k
71/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low21.2 min
65/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Comfortable days · high27.1%
64/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high23.5%
2/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Job growth · low-4.5%
2/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Preventable hospital stays · high4,537 /100k
4/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · low82.3%
8/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Traffic deaths · high28.9 /100k
8/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high20.5%
11/100Texas 18.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
19% (2021) → 73% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+55 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.8% (2015-2019) → 82.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Violent crime rateImproving
518 /100k (2020) → 259 /100k (2025)
−50%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
8.2 /1k (2020) → 12.1 /1k (2025)
+47%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
48.8% (2019) → 40.3% (2023)
−8.5 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Paris, TX micropolitan area improved on 10 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Broadband+16 points65.8% → 82.3%
Violent crime−50%518 /100k → 259 /100k
Gyms+22%0.6 /10k → 0.8 /10k
Household income+31%$45,117 → $59,020
New businesses+47%8.2 /1k → 12.1 /1k

Declined4

Uninsured+3.6 points19.9% → 23.5%
Grocery stores−27%1.3 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Price / income+0.9×2.2× → 3.1×
Traffic deaths+21%23.9 /100k → 28.9 /100k

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Paris, TX micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	−2.6%	Little change	24%
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	21%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Broadband subscriptions	65.8%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	26.0%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Distance to an airport	99 mi2020	99 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	85%
Drug overdose deaths	13.8 /100k2020	10.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−26%	Improved	51%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Firearm deaths	20.7 /100k2020	19.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5%	Little change	57%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−27%	Declined	5%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	73%
High school diploma or higher	84.3%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	16%
Homicide rate	7.7 /100k2020	6.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−22%	Improved	47%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,4562019	$61,6642024	+27%	Improved	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4752015-2019	0.4732020-2024	−0.002	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$45,1172015-2019	$59,0202020-2024	+31%	Improved	69%
New business applications	8.2 /1k2020	12.1 /1k2025	+47%	Improved	52%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−2.6%	Little change	62%
Poverty rate	17.4%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Property crime rate	1,664 /100k2020	1,188 /100k2025	−29%	Improved	38%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−2.1%	Little change	46%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	47.0%2015-2019	46.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Restaurants and bars	6.8 /10k2020	6.9 /10k2025	+2.1%	Little change	55%
Traffic deaths	23.9 /100k2015-2019	28.9 /100k2020-2024	+21%	Declined	28%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	4.2%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.9%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Declined	2%
Violent crime rate	518 /100k2020	259 /100k2025	−50%	Improved	93%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Paris, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Paris, TX micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Paris, TX micropolitan area itself moved −1.9 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

62,280 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

24,997 households (±518)

Paris, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k24%6,081
$25k–50k20%4,942
$50k–75k15%3,857

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

24,997 households (±518)

Paris, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Own67%16,785
Rent33%8,212

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

27,166 workers (±817)

Paris, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone76%20,772
Carpool11%2,987
Public transit0.1%†25

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Paris, TX micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Paris, TX has 1,470 employer establishments, 234 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248), with 21,438 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,212. The Census Bureau also counts 5,723 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,470; 5,723 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 234; US 248
Paid employees: 21,438
Average annual pay: $46,212; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Paris, TX by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	149	23.7	1.14×About typical	1,630	$63,108	257
Specialty trade contractors	120	19.1	1.23×About typical	980	$58,332	615
Restaurants and other eating places	100	15.9	0.87×About typical	1,866	$19,204	39
Religious organizations	72	11.5	2.06×More than typical	327	$20,095	—
Building equipment contractors	55	8.7	1.45×More than typical	595	$59,197	110
Truck transportation	52	8.3	1.64×More than typical	237	$46,485	275
Limited-service restaurants	44	7	0.87×About typical	1,087	$18,129	11
Offices of physicians	43	6.8	1.06×About typical	454	$103,947	43
Full-service restaurants	42	6.7	0.87×About typical	628	$21,842	19
Lessors of real estate	42	6.7	0.54×Fewer than typical	107	$37,037	369
Gasoline stations	39	6.2	1.91×More than typical	307	$20,410	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	37	5.9	1.17×About typical	165	$46,388	179

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 62,868 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.6M on contracts performed in Paris, TX micropolitan area: $56.89 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.6M; −2.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $56.89; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$2M55%
Department of the Army$1.4M40%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$134K3.7%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$21.5K0.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$12.5K0.3%
Indian Health Service$9,0000.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2.8MFY2017
955.4KFY2018
6MFY2019
7.2MFY2020
1.1MFY2021
4.7MFY2022
11.3MFY2023
6.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$2M55%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$620.5K17%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$334.5K9.3%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$142.9K4.0%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$129.2K3.6%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339

Largest awards

DDRT INSTALL GROUND MOUNT SOLAR B499$3.3M
APC CONSTRUCTION LLC· Red River County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2023 – Feb 12, 2026· W912HP23F6020
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011139/4100033679/SOUP CREAM OF MUSHROOM CAN-24/1,SOUP CREAM OF CHICKEN CAN-24/1$1.4M
CAMPBELL FOODSERVICE CO· Lamar County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 123J1426C0607
DSB TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT$1.3M
KNDS DEFENCE UK LIMITED· Red River County, TX· Professional services· May 27, 2025 – May 18, 2026· W911RQ25C0003
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010191/4100030506/SOUP CREAM OF MUSHROOM CAN-24/1

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $438.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Paris, TX micropolitan area: $6,925 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $438.5M; −1.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,925; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$249.6M57%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$48.5M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$40.6M9.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$29M6.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$14.9M3.4%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$9.9M2.3%
20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$7.5M1.7%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$6M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$16.2M3.7%
AUSTIN, TX
PARIS JR COLLEGE$10.8M2.5%
PARIS, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF PARIS$3.7M0.9%
PARIS, TX
PARIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT$1.9M0.4%
PARIS, TX
DETROIT HEAD START$982.5K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$334M76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$55.2M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$16.2M3.7%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$10.9M2.5%
Farm Service Agency$6.6M1.5%

Assistance by fiscal year

387.9MFY2021
397.3MFY2022
413.6MFY2023
421.8MFY2024
447MFY2025
438.5MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Paris, TX

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

ParisPrincipal city24,775

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Areas based in Texas, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Paris, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Paris, TX

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought