Dickens County, Texas

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Dickens County is a county located in the United States of Texas. The population of county in 2000 stood at 2762 as per the Census data. Its population in July 2008 was estimated to be about 2450, making it the 24th least populous county in Texas. Its area is just over 905.21 square miles (2344.48 square kilometre), of which, 904.21 square miles (2341.89 square kilometre) of it is land and 1 square miles (2.59 square kilometre) of it is water, making it the 151st largest by size in Texas.


As of the census of 2000, there were 2762 people in the county, organized into 980 households, and 639 families residing in the county. The population density was 3.1 people per square mile (1.2/kmē), it is the 33rd least populated county in terms of population density. There were 1368 housing units at an average density of 1.5 per square mile (0.58/kmē). The average household size was 2.29 persons, and the average family size was 2.89 persons. Age range in the county was well distributed with 18.5% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 19% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 130.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 141.9 males. Its population was estimated at 2450 in July 2008, The racial makeup of the county was 2158 White, 238 Black or African American, 11 American Indian, 6 Asian, 13 Native Hawaiian, and 24 from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $25898, making it the 34th poorest county by median household income among the Texas. The median income for a family in the county was $32500, it is the 44th lowest county by median family income in the U.S. state of Texas. The per capita income for the county was $13156, it would be the 31st lowest county by per capita income in the U.S. state of Texas.

In 2000, 545 pupils and students, of which 60.55% are male and 39.45% are female, 19.73% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 7.16% nursery or pri school, 6.24% kindergarten, 42.94% elementary school, 32.11% high school and 11.56% College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Dickens City	Dickens County	0.98	0.98	0	332	340.1	13024	19875
2	Spur City	Dickens County	1.62	1.62	0	1088	673.4	14601	24286

Year	Population
April 2000 census	2762
April 2000 Estimate	2762
July 2000 Estimate	2729
July 2001 Estimate	2667
July 2002 Estimate	2700
July 2003 Estimate	2684
July 2004 Estimate	2655
July 2005 Estimate	2582
July 2006 Estimate	2497
July 2007 Estimate	2495
July 2008 Estimate	2450

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	24	15	39
Kindergarten	19	15	34
Elementary school	111	123	234
High school	118	57	175
College or graduate school	58	5	63

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Dickens County, Texas	$25898	$32500	$13156
Texas, United States	$39927	$45861	$19617
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587