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Wheeler County, Texas

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Population:

  • Total Population: 5,284
  • Males: 2,558
  • Females: 2,726

Ethnicity:

  • White: 4,406
  • Black/African American: 116
  • Hispanic: 655
  • Native American/Eskimo: 49
  • Asian: 5
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 3
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 50

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (4,475)
  2. Spanish (485)
  3. French (10)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 287

  1. Mexico (250)
  2. Peru (11)
  3. Philippines (10)
  4. Canada (5)
  5. France (3)
  6. South Africa (2)
  7. Belarus (0)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (2,112)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (1,005)
  3. Churches of Christ (467)
  4. American Baptist Association, The (123)
  5. Catholic Church (84)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 2,445
    • Sensory: 221
    • Physical: 627
    • Mental: 273
    • Self-care: 229
    • Go outside home: 418
    • Employment: 588

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 33

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 2,152
    • Utility gas: 1,549
    • Bottled or LP gas: 287
    • Electricity: 279
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 0
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 28
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 9
    • No fuel used: 0

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 4,227
    • No vehicle: 223
    • 1 or more vehicle: 4,004

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 40
    • No High School: 364
    • Some High School: 603
    • High School: 1,102
    • Some College: 837
    • Associate's Degree: 186
    • College Degree: 350
    • Master's Degree: 77
    • Professional Degree: 42
    • Doctoral Degree: 0

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 2,152
    • Owners with phone: 1,642
    • Owners without phone: 37
    • Renters with phone: 402
    • Renters without phone: 71

    10 closest counties:

    1. Collingsworth County, Texas
    2. Hemphill County, Texas
    3. Gray County, Texas
    4. Donley County, Texas
    5. Roberts County, Texas
    6. Beckham County, Oklahoma
    7. Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
    8. Harmon County, Oklahoma
    9. Childress County, Texas
    10. Greer County, Oklahoma

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    79003, 79011, 79061, 79079, 79096

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • KASV (88.7 FM) WHEELER, TX
    • KBKH (92.9 FM) SHAMROCK, TX
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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