Childress County Demographics

POPULATION
	ACTUAL						Projected*
	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2030
Texas*	7,711,194	9,579,677	11,198,655	14,225,513	16,986,510	20,851,820	31,389,565
Panhandle Region	279,357	355,549	339,921	377,124	371,956	402,862	505,252
Childress County	12,123	8,421	6,605	6,950	5,953	7,688	8,090
Childress	N/A	6,399	5,408	5,817	5,046	6,778	N/A
Unincorporated Areas	N/A	2,022	1,197	1,133	907	910	N/A
SOURCE: 2000 Census, Summary File 1
* from Texas State Data Center, Texas A&M University
N/A: information not available

ETHNICITY IN 2000
			American
	White	Black	Indian	Hispanic	Other	Total
Texas	10,933,313	2,364,255	68,859	6,669,666	815,727	20,851,820
Panhandle Region	277,551	18,118	2,325	96,005	8,863	402,862
Childress County	4,923	1,074	23	1,574	94	7,688
Childress	4,102	1,052	22	1,516	86	6,778
Unincorporated Areas	821	22	1	58	8	910
SOURCE: 2000 Census, Summary File 1

AGE DISTRIBUTION IN 2000
	0-4	5-19	20-34	35-54	55-64	65+
Texas	1,624,628	4,921,608	4,701,487	5,933,375	1,598,190	2,072,532
Panhandle Region	29,993	94,990	79,222	111,216	34,371	53,070
Childress County	441	1,523	1,725	2,129	658	1,212
Childress	391	1,321	1,616	1,843	547	1,060
Unincorporated Areas	50	202	109	286	111	152
SOURCE: 2000 Census, Summary File 1

GENDER DISTRIBUTION IN 2000
	Male	% Male	Female	% Female	Total
Texas	10,352,910	50%	10,498,910	50%	20,851,820
Panhandle Region	201,083	50%	201,779	50%	402,862
Childress County	4,517	59%	3,171	41%	7,688
Childress	4,042	60%	2,736	40%	6,778
Unincorporated Areas	475	52%	435	48%	910
SOURCE: 2000 Census, Summary File 1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN 2000: Persons 25 Years and Over
	Less Than	9th-12th No	HS Graduate	Some College	Associate	Bachelor's	Graduate/
	9th Grade	Diploma	Or GED	No Degree	Degree	Degree	Prof Degree
Texas	1,465,420	1,649,141	3,176,743	2,858,802	668,494	1,996,250	976,043
Panhandle Region	25,021	35,908	70,909	61,846	13,288	30,635	13,856
Childress County	730	1,083	1,601	1,076	236	297	150
Childress	666	998	1,413	886	196	245	128
Unincorporated Areas	64	85	188	190	40	52	22
SOURCE: 2000 Census

DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
	< than	$10,000	$ 15,000	$ 25,000	$ 35,000	$ 50,000	$ 75,000	$ 100,000	$ 150,000	$ 200,000
	$10,000	$14,999	$ 24,999	$ 34,999	$ 49,999	$ 74,999	$ 99,000	$ 149,000	$199,999	or more
Texas	767,505	491,154	1,004,123	996,141	1,219,358	1,359,437	705,684	536,018	153,492	164,382
Panhandle Region	17,211	11,814	24,178	22,640	26,207	26,304	10,845	6,400	1,580	1,813
Childress County	337	273	491	362	449	410	98	34	17	14
Childress	305	239	434	340	387	296	79	22	17	14
Unincorporated Areas	32	34	57	22	62	114	19	13	0	0
SOURCE: 2000 Census

PER CAPITA INCOME IN 1999		MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Texas	$ 19,617		Texas	$ 39,927
Childress County	$ 12,452		Childress County	$ 27,457
Childress	$ 11,708		Childress	$ 26,536
SOURCE: 2000 Census		SOURCE: 2000 Census

EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY IN 2000
	Agriculture, Forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	Construc -tion	Manufact-uring	Wholesale Trade	Retail trade	Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	Inform-ation	Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, and leasing	Services	Public Admin-istration
Texas	247,697	743,606	1,093,752	362,928	1,108,004	535,568	283,256	630,133	3,812,328	417,100
Panhandle Region	14,189	12,577	19,419	7,081	21,858	10,439	3,568	9,383	69,495	9,426
Childress County	307	200	86	45	386	139	-	90	978	338
Childress	200	167	72	32	324	98	-	69	849	311
Unincorporated Areas	107	33	14	13	62	41	-	21	129	27
SOURCE: 2000 Census