A Williams Institute analysis of 2010 census data found about 3.2 same-sex couples per 1,000 households were in the county.

[citation needed].The first sheriff of Hill County was Charley Davis.

[14] Serving Hill County exclusively are media outlets KHBR Radio - 1560 AM and The Reporter newspaper.

Hill County is currently listed as part of the Dallas-Fort Worth DMA.

Local media outlets include: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, and KFWD-TV, although it is located in Central Texas and a neighboring county of the Waco metropolitan area.

Hill County, like most of the rural South, is currently overwhelmingly Republican.

School districts include:[16] The entire county is in the service area of Hill College, according to the Texas Education Code.