Loving County

administration
The Loving County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 06000362
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Mentons
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Loving County Courthouse P.O. Box 194 Mentone, TX 79754-9999
Foundation :	1887
Made up from:	Tom Green County
Area code :	001 915
Demographics
Residents :	82 (2010)
Population density :	0 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1753 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.co.loving.tx.us

The Loving County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Mentone . With 82 inhabitants (2010) it is the poorest population in the United States.

geography

The county is located in western Texas and borders the southeastern part of New Mexico . It has an area of 1753 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Winkler County , Ward Counties , Reeves Counties, and in New Mexico by the following counties: Eddy Counties and Lea Counties .

history

Loving County was formed on February 26, 1887 from parts of Tom Green County . The administrative organization was completed in 1931. It was named after Oliver Loving , an early pioneer and rancher who provided cattle and pigs for the Confederate government .

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 16, 2020, the Loving County Courthouse .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	3	-
1900	33	1,000%
1910	249	654.5%
1920	82	-67.1%
1930	195	137.8%
1940	285	46.2%
1950	227	-20.4%
1960	226	-0.4%
1970	164	-27.4%
1980	91	-44.5%
1990	107	17.6%
2000	67	-37.4%
2010	82	22.4%
1890-2010 Loving County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Loving County had 67 people in 31 households and 19 families. The population density was 0.04 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed entirely of whites . Seven of the residents were Hispanics or Latinos .

Of the 31 households, five had children or young people living with them. 17 were married or living together, two were single mothers, and eleven were non-families. Ten were single households and two had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.65 people.

13 people were under 18 years old, one between 18 and 24, 18 between 25 and 44, 24 between 45 and 64 and 11 were 65 years old or older. The median age was 46 years. For every ten females there were 11.61 males and for every woman 18 years of age or over there were 1.25 males.

The median income for a household in the 40,000 USD , and the median income for a family was 53,750 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,833; females had no income. The per capita income was $ 24,084. Nobody lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Loving County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 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. 185.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 2020.

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

^ Loving County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .