Deaf Smith County, Texas
The Deaf Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas to the United States. The seat of the county administration is in Hereford.
Geography
The County is located north-west of the geographic center of Texas in the Texas Panhandle and is bordered to the west by the state of New Mexico. It has an area of 3878 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Oldham County, Randall County, Castro County and Parmer County. In New Mexico, the following counties: Curry County and Quay County.
History
The Deaf Smith County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County, but only from 1890 performed as such, with LaPlata as the county seat. It was named after Erastus "Deaf " Smith (187-1837), a scout and a soldier during the Texas Revolution and the first, the Alamo after its fall reached.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Deaf Smith County 18 561 people in 6,180 households and 4,832 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 72.28 percent White, 1.51 percent African American, 0.80 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.13 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 22.92 percent from other races groups; 2.11 percent were descended from two or more races. 57.40 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 6,180 households out of which 41.0 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 61.0 percent were married couples living together, 12.6 percent were single mothers and 21.8 percent were non-families. 19.7 percent of all households and 10.0 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.41 persons.
33.3 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.6 percent between 18 to 24, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44, 19.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 29,601, and the median income for a family was $ 32,391. Males have a median income of $ 26,090, women $ 19,113. The per capita income was $ 13,119. 19.3 percent of families and 20.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Dawn
- Glenrio
- Hereford
- Joel
- Westway