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Dickens County, Texas

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Population:

  • Total Population: 2,762
  • Males: 1,574
  • Females: 1,188

Ethnicity:

  • White: 1,874
  • Black/African American: 215
  • Hispanic: 646
  • Native American/Eskimo: 9
  • Asian: 5
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 1
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 12

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (2,060)
  2. Spanish (570)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 55

  1. Mexico (52)
  2. India (3)
  3. Belarus (0)
  4. Afghanistan (0)
  5. Malaysia (0)
  6. Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (0)
  7. Laos (0)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (1,387)
  2. Catholic Church (297)
  3. United Methodist Church, The (262)
  4. Churches of Christ (259)
  5. Assemblies of God (83)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 1,131
    • Sensory: 84
    • Physical: 332
    • Mental: 130
    • Self-care: 112
    • Go outside home: 204
    • Employment: 203

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 34

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 980
    • Utility gas: 244
    • Bottled or LP gas: 515
    • Electricity: 193
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 2
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 16
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 10
    • No fuel used: 0

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 1,931
    • No vehicle: 116
    • 1 or more vehicle: 1,815

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 81
    • No High School: 176
    • Some High School: 313
    • High School: 747
    • Some College: 433
    • Associate's Degree: 27
    • College Degree: 131
    • Master's Degree: 17
    • Professional Degree: 15
    • Doctoral Degree: 0

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 980
    • Owners with phone: 737
    • Owners without phone: 24
    • Renters with phone: 187
    • Renters without phone: 32

    10 closest counties:

    1. Kent County, Texas
    2. Motley County, Texas
    3. Crosby County, Texas
    4. King County, Texas
    5. Garza County, Texas
    6. Cottle County, Texas
    7. Floyd County, Texas
    8. Stonewall County, Texas
    9. Scurry County, Texas
    10. Fisher County, Texas

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    79220, 79229, 79243, 79370

    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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