Parmer County

Parmer County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Farwell
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Parmer County Courthouse P.O. Box 356 Farwell, TX 79325-0356
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	10,269  (2010)
Population density :	4.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2293 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map
Website : www.co.parmer.tx.us

The Parmer County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Farwell . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in northwest Texas, in the Texas Panhandle , essentially bordering New Mexico and has an area of ​​2293 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Deaf Smith County , Castro County , Lamb County , Bailey County, and Curry Counties in New Mexico.

history

Parmer County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . The administrative organization was completed on May 7, 1907. It was named after Martin Parmer (1778–1850). He fled to Louisiana in 1827 after the failure of the Fredonian Rebellion and returned after his pardon in 1835. He was a member of the State Legislature of the Republic of Texas and a signatory of its Declaration of Independence.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	7th		-
1900	34		385.7%
1910	1555		4,473.5%
1920	1699		9.3%
1930	5869		245.4%
1940	5890		0.4%
1950	5787		-1.7%
1960	9583		65.6%
1970	10,509		9.7%
1980	11,038		5%
1990	9863		-10.6%
2000	10,016		1.6%
2010	10,269		2.5%
1890-2010 Parmer County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Parmer County had a population of 10,016. 153 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 3,322 households and 2,614 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 66.01 percent white, 1.01 percent African American, 0.76 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 29.51 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.35 percent were from two or more races. 49.19 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,322 households, 42.9 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 67.0 percent were married couples living together, 8.3 percent were single mothers and 21.3 percent were non-families. 19.3 percent were single households and 10.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.43 people.

32.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44, 19.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,813 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,149. Males had a median income of $ 26,966 versus $ 19,650 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,184. 14.2 percent of families and 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Black
• Bovina
• Farwell
• Friona
• Lariat
• Lazbuddie
• Parmerton
• Rhea
• Wilsey

Individual evidence

1. ^ Parmer County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 
3. ↑ 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. 236.
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ↑ Parmer County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Parmer County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Parmer County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• Parmer County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties

Coordinates: 34 ° 32 ′  N , 102 ° 47 ′  W