Foard County, Texas

Foard County, Texas

The Foard County Courthouse in Crowell, Texas
Map of Texas highlighting Foard County
Location in the U.S. state of Texas
Map of the United States highlighting Texas
Texas's location in the U.S.
Founded 1891
Seat Crowell
Largest city Crowell
Area
 • Total 708 sq mi (1,834 km2)
 • Land 704 sq mi (1,823 km2)
 • Water 3.3 sq mi (9 km2), 0.5%
Population
 • (2010) 1,336
 • Density 1.9/sq mi (1/km²)
Congressional district 13th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5

Foard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,336.[1] Its county seat is Crowell,[2] which is also the county's only incorporated community. The county is named for Robert Levi Foard,[3] an attorney and American Civil War soldier.

Foard County was one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas until voters approved a referendum to permit the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in May 2006.

Foard County is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by the Republican James Frank, a businessman from Wichita Falls.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 708 square miles (1,830 km2), of which 704 square miles (1,820 km2) is land and 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2) (0.5%) is water.[4]

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Adjacent counties

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
19001,568—
19105,726265.2%
19204,747−17.1%
19306,31533.0%
19405,237−17.1%
19504,216−19.5%
19603,125−25.9%
19702,211−29.2%
19802,158−2.4%
19901,794−16.9%
20001,622−9.6%
20101,336−17.6%
Est. 20151,220[5]−8.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1850–2010[7] 2010–2014[1]

As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 1,622 people, 664 households, and 438 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 850 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 84.16% White, 3.27% Black or African American, 0.62% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 10.23% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. 16.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 664 households out of which 29.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.10% were married couples living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.00% were non-families. 31.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.02. As of the 2010 census, there were about 7 same-sex couples per 1,000 households in the county.[9]

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 23.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 86.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,813, and the median income for a family was $34,211. Males had a median income of $21,852 versus $16,450 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,799. About 9.90% of families and 14.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.50% of those under age 18 and 16.20% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Foard County was once a stronghold for the Democratic Party at both the state and federal level, both by Solid South standards and as the rest of north Texas and the rural parts of the state trended towards the Republican Party. The county last voted for a Democratic presidential candidate when it gave its votes to Bill Clinton in 1996. At the statewide level, most notably in recent gubernatorial races, the county was one of the few rural ones that continued to give its votes to Democratic candidates in this area, even as it trended Republican on the national level. For instance, in the landslide reelection of then-governor George W. Bush in 1998, it was one of only 14 counties that gave its votes to Bush's Democratic challenger Garry Mauro, albeit by 1 vote, as Mauro won 206 votes (49.6%) to Bush's 205 votes (49.4%). The county continued this trend through all of Rick Perry's three gubernatorial landslide elections in 2002, 2006, and 2010, the most recent one when it gave its votes to Bill White. This streak ended in 2014, when the county gave its votes to then-Attorney General Greg Abbott, who won 66% of the popular vote over Wendy Davis's 33%.[10]

Attractions

Communities

City

Unincorporated community

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 128.
  4. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ "County Totals Dataset: Population, Population Change and Estimated Components of Population Change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  9. ↑ Where Same-Sex Couples Live, June 26, 2015, retrieved July 6, 2015
  10. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
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