Texas County (Oklahoma)

Texas County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Guymon.

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme northwest of Oklahoma, bordered to the north by Kansas, on the south by Texas and has an area of ​​5306 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Stevens County ( Kansas), Seward County ( Kansas), Beaver County, Ochiltree County ( Texas), Hansford County ( Texas), Sherman County ( Texas), Cimarron County and Morton County ( Kansas).

History

Texas County was formed on July 16, 1907 from parts of Beaver County and parts of Oklahoma Territory, the so-called No Man's Land. It was named after the neighboring state of Texas.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Texas County 20,107 people in 7,153 households and 5,250 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 76.73 percent White, 0.71 percent African American, 1.24 percent Native American, 0.56 percent Asian, 0.10 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 18.11 percent from other races groups; 2.55 per cent were descended from two or more races. 29.86 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,153 households, 39.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.5 percent were married couples living together, 7.5 percent were single mothers. 26.6 percent were non-families, 21.2 percent of all households and 8.2 percent of households had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.19 persons.

28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 12.7 percent between 18 to 24, 29.1 percent between 25 and 44, 19.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 35,872, and the median income for a family was $ 42,226. Males had a median income of $ 26,991 versus $ 20,404 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,692. 10.2 percent of families and 14.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.