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Karnes County Government

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Karnes County Courthouse
History lives here
Built in 1894, justice is still being served today as it was many years ago

County Officials

Alger Kendall County Judge Alva Jonas County Clerk
Jeffery Wiatrek County Commissioner Bobby Mutz County Sheriff
Darrell Blaschke County Commissioner Phillis Pawelek Tax Assessor Collector
James Rosales County Commissioner Jessie L. Jonas Constable
Isidro Rossett County Commissioner Dennis Fenner Constable
Robert L. Busselman County Attorney Fernando Rios Constable
Gilbert Garza Justice of the Peace Nancy Duckett County Treasurer
Caroline Korzekwa Justice of the Peace Lajuana Kasprzyk County Auditor
Kathy Gustafson Justice of the Peace Patricia Brysch District Clerk
Daisy Villanueva Justice of the Peace Lynn Ellison District Attorney

Please call the Karnes County Clerk's office at 830-780-3938
if you need additional information about county government.

Karnes County Demographics

Below is a brief demographic profile of Karnes County.
We are providing for you a break down by our major towns as well.
Please use the links in the navigational bar at the left.

County Tax Rate - 2002

$1.1575

Total Resident Population (1995) Personal Income (1995)
0-4 yrs. 970 Farm($000) $4,823
5-17 yrs 2900 Non-Farm $165,032
18-64 8950 Per Capita Income $13,911
65 & over 2370
Total Population 15,190
Public Education (1995) Education Attained
Schools 11 Less than 9th 2,662
Enrollment 2,927 9th to 12th 1,420
Staff 297 High School 2,304
Teachers 241 Some College 1,570
Bachelors Degree 553
Graduate Degree 151
Health Services Civilian Labor Force 5,987
Hospitals 1 Unemployed 308
Beds 70 Unemployment Rate 4.9%
Doctors 10 Female Unemployment rate 8.4%
Male Unemployment rate 6%

The statistics on this page as well as the statistics on the individual towns are presented to you in the most accurate form available to us. Please check back from time to time as we update these statistics as well as add additional information.