Swisher County

administration
Swisher County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Tulia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Swisher County Courthouse Tulia, TX 79088-2247
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	7854 (2010)
Population density :	3.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2333 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.co.swisher.tx.us

The Swisher County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is Tulia . 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 , is 80 km to the west from New Mexico , about 150 km to the north and about 120 km to the east from Oklahoma . It has an area of 2333 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Randall County , Armstrong County , Briscoe County , Floyd County , Hale County, and Castro Counties .

history

Swisher County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County and Young County . It was named after James Gibson Swisher , a soldier of the Texas Revolution .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	4th	-
1890	100	2,400%
1900	1227	1,127%
1910	4012	227%
1920	4388	9.4%
1930	7343	67.3%
1940	6528	-11.1%
1950	8249	26.4%
1960	10,607	28.6%
1970	10,373	-2.2%
1980	9723	-6.3%
1990	8133	-16.4%
2000	8378	3%
2010	7854	-6.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000, 2010

Age pyramid of Swisher County

As of the 2000 census , Swisher County had 8,378 people in 2,925 households and 2,152 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 71.75 percent white, 5.85 percent African American, 0.54 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 19.41 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.28 percent were descended from two or more races. 35.22 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,925 households, 35.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers and 26.4 percent were non-families. 24.1 percent were single households and 13.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.15 people.

27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.3 percent between 18 and 24, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44, 20.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 109.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 111.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,846 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,444. Males had a median income of $ 25,164 versus $ 20,448 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,326. 14.2 percent of families and 17.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.