Reagan County

administration
Reagan County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Big Lake
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Reagan County Courthouse P.O. Box 100 Big Lake, TX 76932-0100
Foundation :	1903
Made up from:	Tom Green County
Area code :	001 915
Demographics
Residents :	3367 (2010)
Population density :	1.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3044 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.cvcog.org/reagan/reagan.htm

Reagan County is a county in the state of Texas in the United States . The county seat is in Big Lake .

geography

The county is located in west central Texas and has an area of 3,044 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Glasscock County , Sterling County , Irion County , Crockett County, and Upton County .

history

Reagan County was formed in 1903 from parts of Tom Green County . It was named after John Henninger Reagan , a Confederate Post Secretary , later US Senator and leader of the Democratic Party in Texas.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	392	-
1920	377	-3.8%
1930	3028	703.2%
1940	1997	-34%
1950	3127	56.6%
1960	3782	20.9%
1970	3239	-14.4%
1980	4135	27.7%
1990	4514	9.2%
2000	3326	-26.3%
2010	3367	1.2%
1910-2010 Reagan County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Reagan County had 3,326 people in 1,107 households and 872 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 64.64 percent white, 3.01 percent African American, 0.54 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian and 29.56 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.98 percent were descended from two or more races. 49.49 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,107 households, 46.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 68.1 percent were married couples living together, 7.2 percent were single mothers, and 21.2 percent were non-families. 19.8 percent were single households and 7.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.42 people.

34.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44, 19.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 100.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,231 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,806. Males had a median income of $ 31,228 versus $ 18,750 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,174. 9.3 percent of families and 11.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.