Parmer County, Texas
The Parmer 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 Farwell. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located in northwest Texas, the Texas Panhandle, is bordered to the essence of New Mexico and has an area of 2293 square kilometers, of which nine square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Deaf Smith County, Castro County, Lamb County, Bailey County and Curry County in New Mexico.
History
Parmer County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County. It was named after Martin Parmer, a lawyer and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 10,016 people in Parmer County. Of these, 153 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 3,322 households and 2,614 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 66.01 percent White, 1.01 percent African American, 0.76 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 29.51 percent from other races groups; 2.35 percent were descended from two or more races. 49.19 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,322 households out of which 42.9 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 67.0 percent were married couples living together, 8.3 percent were single mothers and 21.3 percent were non-families. 19.3 percent of all households and 10.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.43 persons.
32.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 to 24, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44, 19.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,813, and the median income for a family was $ 34,149. Males had a median income of $ 26,966, women $ 19,650. The per capita income was $ 14,184. 14.2 percent of families and 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Black
- Bovina
- Farwell
- Friona
- Lariat
- Lazbuddie
- Parmerton
- Rhea
- Wilsey