Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 16.3%
(8.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.5 people | | Texas: |  2.7 people |
| This city: | 66.9% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
| This city: | 4.5% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Dickens, TX
3 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Dickens compared to Texas state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (84%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Dickens County Texas:
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Religion statistics for Dickens:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 87.18%
| Here | | 87.2% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Other |
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| Adherents | 57.6% | 12.3% | 10.9% | 10.8% | 8.4% |
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| Congregations | 26.3% | 5.3% | 15.8% | 26.3% | 26.3% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 1 | Dickens County: | 4.01 / 10,000 pop. | | Texas: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 4 | Dickens County: | 16.03 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 4 | Here: | 16.03 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 9.8% | | Texas: | 8.9% |
Adult obesity rate: | Dickens County: | 27.8% | | Texas: | 26.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $1,948 | $23,376 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,475 | $29,700 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $4,424 | $26,544 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
4 | $8,847 | $26,541 | 0 | $0 |
Dickens government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $18,000 ($62.50)
Sewerage: $13,000 ($45.14)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $39,000 ($135.42)
Financial Administration: $31,000 ($107.64)
General - Other: $25,000 ($86.81)
Solid Waste Management: $17,000 ($59.03)
Fire Protection: $8,000 ($27.78)
Health Services - Other: $2,000 ($6.94)
Sewerage: $2,000 ($6.94)
Parks & Recreation: $1,000 ($3.47)
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,000 ($3.47)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $2,000 ($6.94)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $54,000 ($187.50)
Industrial Revenue: $9,000 ($31.25)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $9,000 ($31.25)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $48,000 ($166.67)
Industrial Revenue: $8,000 ($27.78)
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $1,000 ($3.47)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $9,000 ($31.25)
Water Utilities: $6,000 ($20.83)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,000 ($3.47)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $10,000 ($34.72)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $25,000 ($86.81)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $54,000 ($187.50)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $15,000 ($52.08)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,000 ($6.94)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $37,000 ($128.47)
Property: $12,000 ($41.67)
Public Utilities: $5,000 ($17.36)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $52,000 ($180.56)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000 ($10.42)
6.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($61,786 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.10% | | Texas average: | 8.37% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
8.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,903 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.76% | | Texas average: | 7.44% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Strongest AM radio stations in Dickens:
- KCLR (1530 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RALLS, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL)
- KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KMUL (1380 AM; 50 kW; MULESHOE, TX; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KJTV (950 AM; 5 kW; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: RAMAR COMMUNICATIONS II, LTD.)
- KFYO (790 AM; 5 kW; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KVOP (1090 AM; 5 kW; PLAINVIEW, TX; Owner: EQUICOM, INC)
- WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
- KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)
- KGYN (1210 AM; 50 kW; GUYMON, OK; Owner: TELNS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
- KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KGNC (710 AM; 10 kW; AMARILLO, TX; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
TV broadcast stations around Dickens:
- KLBK-TV (Channel 13; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: QUORUM OF TEXAS LICENSE, LLC)
Dickens fatal accident list:
Aug 25, 1993 08:10 AM, 82, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jan 13, 1976 01:10 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Dickens)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 22 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 7 - Us82 .9 Mi E Of Sh70 (Lat: 33.626194 Lon: -100.828750), Structure height: 30 m, Call Sign: WNXE413, Licensee ID: L00003043
Assigned Frequencies: 47.0600 MHz, 47.1000 MHz
Grant Date: 06/28/2001, Expiration Date: 08/29/2011
Registrant: State Of; Texas Dept. Of Transportation Texas, 125 E. 11th Street, Austin, TX 78701-2483, Phone: (512) 506-5141, Fax: (512) 506-5135, Email:
- 1/4 Mi Ne (Lat: 33.625917 Lon: -100.829306), Call Sign: KLY247, Licensee ID: L00014260
Assigned Frequencies: 159.270 MHz, 159.270 MHz
Grant Date: 12/05/2003, Expiration Date: 12/13/2013
Registrant: State Of Texas, 4200 School Rd, Austin, TX 78744 - Base Of Twr 700 N Of Us 82 300 Of Texas Hwy Dept Tower (Lat: 33.625917 Lon: -100.829306), Call Sign: KNAJ358
Assigned Frequencies: 463.000 MHz, 463.025 MHz, 463.050 MHz, 463.075 MHz, 463.100 MHz, 463.125 MHz, 463.150 MHz, 463.175 MHz
Grant Date: 05/23/2001, Expiration Date: 04/04/2011
Registrant: South Plains Emergency Medical Services, Inc., Lubbock, TX 79453-3597, Phone: (806) 791-2582, Fax: (806) 791-5260, Email:
- 2 Mi W (Lat: 33.632028 Lon: -100.841528), Call Sign: WNQC837, Licensee ID: L00050824
Assigned Frequencies: 462.475 MHz, 462.475 MHz
Grant Date: 11/25/2003, Expiration Date: 12/23/2013, Cancellation Date: 04/04/2008
Registrant: Sprint Communications Company, LP, 2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, VA 20191, Phone: (703) 433-4000, Fax: (703) 433-4035 - 2 Miles N Of Dickens On Hwy70 Then 1/4mi W On Dirt Rd (Lat: 33.653611 Lon: -100.845833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 88.4 m, Overall height: 89.3 m, Call Sign: WPLX404
Assigned Frequencies: 855.012 MHz, 855.412 MHz, 855.412 MHz, 855.437 MHz, 855.437 MHz, 855.637 MHz, 855.637 MHz, 855.687 MHz, 855.687 MHz, 855.862 MHz, 855.862 MHz
Grant Date: 01/03/2003, Expiration Date: 03/31/2013, Certifier: Richard Schertz
Registrant: Aepsc, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215, Phone: (614) 716-5874, Fax: (614) 716-3535, Email:
- Call Sign: WPUQ205
Assigned Frequencies: 154.890 MHz, 154.950 MHz, 155.520 MHz
Grant Date: 04/11/2002, Expiration Date: 04/11/2012, Certifier: Woodie Mcarthur
Registrant: South Plains Communications, 5811 34th, Lubbock, TX 79407, Phone: (806) 795-5823, Fax: (806) 795-2444 - 2 Miles N Of Dickens On Hwy 70 Then 1/4mi W On Dirt Rd Matador Ts (Lat: 33.653611 Lon: -100.845833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 88.4 m, Overall height: 89.3 m, Call Sign: WQCF642
Assigned Frequencies: 855.037 MHz
Grant Date: 02/22/2005, Expiration Date: 02/22/2015, Certifier: Jason D Griffith
Registrant: Aepsc, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215, Phone: (614) 716-5874, Fax: (614) 716-3535, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - DICKENS, 2 Miles N Of (Lat: 33.653694 Lon: -100.845944), Overall height: 89.3 m, Call Sign: WHE490
Assigned Frequencies: 2128.00 MHz
Grant Date: 01/17/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancellation Date: 01/11/2008
Registrant: Phone: (915) 944-5358
FAA Registered Aircraft: 7 - Aircraft: M20A (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1073B , Serial Number: 1300, Year manufactured: 1958, Airworthiness Date: 11/13/1958
Registrant (Individual): Steven C Bernstein, Po Box 265, Dickens, TX 79229 - Aircraft: 172I (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 13YP , Serial Number: 17257055, Year manufactured: 1968, Airworthiness Date: 06/20/1968
Registrant (Individual): Steven C Bernstein, Po Box 265, Dickens, TX 79229 - Aircraft: PA-23 (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 150 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1455P , Serial Number: 23-518, Year manufactured: 1956, Airworthiness Date: 04/10/1956
Registrant (Individual): Steven C Bernstein, Po Box 265, Dickens, TX 79229 - Aircraft: MU-2B-20 (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 9, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 147 mph), Engine: AIRESEARCH 331SER 705HP (705 HP) (Turbo-prop)
N-Number: 38BE , Serial Number: 210, Year manufactured: 1971, Airworthiness Date: 02/25/1971
Registrant (Individual): Pending Registration, Po Box 265, Dickens, TX 79229 - Aircraft: E75 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 93 mph), Engine: P&W R-985 SERIES (450 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4563N , Serial Number: 75-8369, Airworthiness Date: 05/20/1986
Registrant (Individual): Steven C Bernstein, Po Box 265, Dickens, TX 79229 - Aircraft: 172M (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 108 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 61663 , Serial Number: 17264712, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 02/11/1975
Registrant (Individual): Steven C Bernstein, Po Box 265, Dickens, TX 79229 - Aircraft: 108 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 84 mph), Engine: FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES (150 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 97383 , Serial Number: 108-383, Year manufactured: 1946, Airworthiness Date: 08/20/1946
Registrant (Individual): Jake S Jenkins, Hc 2 Box 26, Dickens, TX 79229
| Most common first names in Dickens, TX among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| John | 8 | 73.3 years |
| Charles | 7 | 76.7 years |
| Mary | 6 | 85.5 years |
| William | 6 | 76.0 years |
| Gladys | 5 | 75.0 years |
| Emma | 3 | 84.6 years |
| James | 3 | 84.3 years |
| Lorene | 3 | 79.0 years |
| Richard | 3 | 58.4 years |
| Grace | 2 | 86.0 years |
| Most common last names in Dickens, TX among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Holly | 7 | 79.6 years |
| Koonsman | 6 | 81.8 years |
| Shaw | 6 | 75.0 years |
| Jackson | 6 | 79.8 years |
| Adams | 5 | 68.8 years |
| Conaway | 5 | 78.4 years |
| Edwards | 5 | 77.4 years |
| Scott | 5 | 75.0 years |
| White | 4 | 67.2 years |
| Laster | 4 | 71.0 years |
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