Terry County, Texas
The Terry County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Brownfield. 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, is in the east about 40 km away from the eastern border of New Mexico and has an area of 2308 square kilometers, of which 3 square miles is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hockley County, Lynn County, Dawson County, Gaines County and Yoakum County.
History
Terry County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County. It was named after Benjamin Franklin Terry, a colonel in the Confederate army and commander of the 8th Texas Cavalry.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Terry County 12,761 people in 4,278 households and 3,247 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 76.55 percent White, 5.00 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 14.28 percent from other races groups; 3.40 percent were descended from two or more races. 44.09 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,278 households out of which 35.8 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 59.7 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers and 24.1 percent were non-families. 22.1 percent of all households and 12.3 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.23 persons.
28.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 to 24, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44, 20.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 108 males and 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 109.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 28,090, and the median income for a family was $ 33,339. Males have a median income of $ 24,321, women $ 20,131. The per capita income was $ 13,860. 19.2 percent of families and 23.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Brownfield
- Meadow
- Wellman