Dickens County

administration
Dickens County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	dickens
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Dickens County Courthouse P.O. Box 120 Dickens, TX 79229
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	2444 (2010)
Population density :	1 inhabitant / km ²
geography
Total area :	2344 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
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The Dickens County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Dickens .

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas and is located in the northeast about 80 km from the state of Oklahoma . It has an area of 2344 km², of which 3 km² are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Motley County , King County , Kent County, and Crosby County .

history

Dickens County was formed from parts of Bexar County on August 21, 1876 , and the administrative organization was completed on March 14, 1891. It was named after the Englishman J. Dickens , who died as a Texas freedom fighter at the Battle of Alamo . One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 23, 2018, the Dickens County Courthouse and Jail .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	28	-
1890	295	953.6%
1900	1151	290.2%
1910	3092	168.6%
1920	5876	90%
1930	8601	46.4%
1940	7847	-8.8%
1950	7177	-8.5%
1960	4963	-30.8%
1970	3737	-24.7%
1980	3539	-5.3%
1990	2571	-27.4%
2000	2762	7.4%
2010	2444	-11.5%
1850-2010 Dickens County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Dickens County had 2,762 people in 980 households and 638 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 77.62 percent white, 8.18 percent African American, 0.36 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.25 percent from the Pacific island area and 12.35 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.12 percent were descended from two or more races. 23.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 980 households, 23.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 54.6 percent were married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers and 34.8 percent were non-families. 32.4 percent were single households and 17.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.89 people.

18.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24, 29.7 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 130.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 141.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,898 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,500. Males had a median income of $ 25,000 versus $ 18,571 for women. The per capita income was $ 13,156. 14.1 percent of families and 17.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ Dickens County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 85 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 7, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Dickens County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .