Swisher County, Texas
The Swisher County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Tulia. 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 in the west about 80 miles from New Mexico, some 150 km to the north and to the east about 120 miles from Oklahoma away. It has an area of 2333 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Randall County, Armstrong County, Briscoe County, Floyd County, Hale County and Castro County.
History
Swisher County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County and Young County. It was named after James Gibson Swisher, a soldier in the Texas Revolution.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000, 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Swisher County 8,378 people in 2,925 households and 2,152 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 71.75 percent White, 5.85 percent African American, 0.54 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 19.41 percent from other races groups; 2.28 percent were descended from two or more races. 35.22 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,925 households out of which 35.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers and 26.4 percent were non-families. 24.1 percent of all households and 13.8 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.15 persons.
27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.3 percent between 18 and 24, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44, 20.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 109.2 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 29,846, and the median income for a family was $ 34,444. Males have a median income of $ 25,164, women $ 20,448. The per capita income was $ 14,326. 14.2 percent of families and 17.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Happy
- Kress
- Tulia
- Vigo Park