Motley County, Texas
The Motley County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Matador. 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 of the geographic center of Texas and is in the northeast about 50 miles from Oklahoma away. It has an area of 2564 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hall County, Cottle County, Dickens County, Floyd County and Briscoe County.
History
Motley County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County. It was named for Junius William Mottley, a soldier who fell at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Motley County 1,426 people in 606 households and 435 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 87.38 percent White, 3.51 percent African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.14 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 6.31 percent from other races groups; 1.89 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.13 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 606 households out of which 26.6 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers and 28.2 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent of all households and 15.3 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82 persons.
24.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.0 percent between 18 to 24, 21.1 percent between 25 and 44, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 23.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.
The median income for a household in the 28 348 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family was $ 33,977. Males had a median income of $ 25,395, women $ 13,333. The per capita income was $ 16,584. 13.9 percent of families and 19.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Flomot
- Matador
- Roaring Springs