Gaines County, Texas
The Gaines County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The the county seat ( county seat ) is located in Seminole. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located north-west of the geographic center of Texas and is bordered to the west by the state of New Mexico. It has an area of 3892 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Yoakum County, Dawson County, Andrews County and in New Mexico at the Lea County.
History
Gaines County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County. It was named for James Gaines, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Gaines County 14,467 people in 4,681 households and 3,754 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 80.28 percent White, 2.28 percent African American, 0.76 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 14.17 percent from other races groups; 2.35 percent were descended from two or more races. 35.77 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,681 households out of which 45.3 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 67.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers and 19.8 percent were non-families. 18.2 percent of all households and 8.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.70 and the average family size was 3.53 persons.
35.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 to 24, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44, 18.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 97 males and 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 94 men.
The median income for a household was $ 30,432, and the median income for a family was $ 34,046. Males had a median income of $ 29,580, women $ 16,996. The per capita income was $ 13,088. 17.3 percent of families and 21.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Ashmore
- Higginbotham
- Loop
- Seagraves
- Seminole