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Castro County, Texas

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Population:

  • Total Population: 8,285
  • Males: 4,143
  • Females: 4,142

Ethnicity:

  • White: 3,626
  • Black/African American: 292
  • Hispanic: 4,294
  • Native American/Eskimo: 27
  • Asian: 0
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 35
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 11

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (4,170)
  2. Spanish (3,355)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 1,000

  1. Mexico (986)
  2. Austria (6)
  3. United Kingdom (5)
  4. Netherlands (3)
  5. Belarus (0)
  6. Afghanistan (0)
  7. Malaysia (0)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (3,043)
  2. Catholic Church (2,229)
  3. United Methodist Church, The (705)
  4. Churches of Christ (367)
  5. Christian Churches and Churches of Christ (80)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 2,398
    • Sensory: 205
    • Physical: 550
    • Mental: 250
    • Self-care: 229
    • Go outside home: 588
    • Employment: 547

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 224

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 2,761
    • Utility gas: 2,120
    • Bottled or LP gas: 185
    • Electricity: 420
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 6
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 0
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 28
    • No fuel used: 2

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 5,439
    • No vehicle: 346
    • 1 or more vehicle: 5,093

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 309
    • No High School: 671
    • Some High School: 705
    • High School: 1,445
    • Some College: 852
    • Associate's Degree: 175
    • College Degree: 541
    • Master's Degree: 156
    • Professional Degree: 17
    • Doctoral Degree: 0

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 2,761
    • Owners with phone: 1,897
    • Owners without phone: 64
    • Renters with phone: 723
    • Renters without phone: 77

    10 closest counties:

    1. Deaf Smith County, Texas
    2. Lamb County, Texas
    3. Parmer County, Texas
    4. Swisher County, Texas
    5. Hale County, Texas
    6. Randall County, Texas
    7. Bailey County, Texas
    8. Potter County, Texas
    9. Oldham County, Texas
    10. Hockley County, Texas

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    79027, 79043, 79063, 79085

    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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