Summary by County POPULATION BY COUNTY   ACTUAL PROJECTED   1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2030 Armstrong County 2,215 1,996 1,895 1,994 2,021 2,148 2,163 Briscoe County 3,528 2,577 2,794 2,579 1,971 1,790 1,865 Carson County 6,852 7,781 6,358 6,672 6,576 6,516 6,557 Castro County 5,417 8,923 10,394 10,556 9,070 8,285 10,224 Childress County 12,123 8,421 6,605 6,950 5,953 7,688 8,090 Collingsworth County 9,139 6,276 4,755 4,648 3,573 3,206 3,029 Dallam County 7,640 6,302 6,012 6,531 5,461 6,222 7,724 Deaf Smith County 9,111 13,187 18,999 21,165 19,153 18,561 24,568 Donley County 6,216 4,449 3,641 4,075 3,696 3,828 3,536 Gray County 24,728 31,535 26,949 26,386 23,967 22,744 21,371 Hall County 10,930 7,322 6,015 5,594 3,905 3,782 3,884 Hansford County 4,202 6,208 6,351 6,209 5,848 5,369 6,532 Hartley County 1,913 2,171 2,782 3,987 3,634 5,537 5,989 Hemphill County 4,123 3,185 6,084 5,304 3,720 3,351 3,994 Hutchinson County 31,580 34,419 24,443 26,304 25,689 23,857 24,311 Lipscomb County 3,658 3,406 3,486 3,766 3,143 3,057 3,054 Moore County 13,349 14,773 14,060 16,575 17,865 20,121 29,057 Ochiltree County 6,024 9,380 9,704 9,588 9,128 9,006 11,466 Oldham County 1,672 1,928 2,258 2,283 2,278 2,185 2,419 Parmer County 5,787 9,583 10,509 11,038 9,863 10,016 11,585 Potter County 73,336 115,580 90,511 98,637 97,874 113,546 158,953 Randall County 13,774 33,913 53,885 75,062 89,673 104,312 136,725 Roberts County 1,031 1,075 967 1,187 1,025 887 857 Sherman County 2,443 2,605 3,657 3,174 2,858 3,186 3,886 Swisher County 8,249 10,607 10,373 9,723 8,133 8,378 9,329 Wheeler County 10,317 7,947 6,434 7,137 5,879 5,284 4,684 TOTALS 279,357 355,549 339,921 377,124 371,956 402,862 505,252