Glasscock County, Texas (TX)

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County population in July 2007: 1,174 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 325
Renter-occupied apartments: 158

% of renters here:	33%
State:	36%

Land area: 901 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 1 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Glasscock County: 75.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (42.9%), Educational,health and social services (20.7%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 60%
Government: 22%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 17%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Glasscock County, Texas business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Glasscock County, Texas:

White Non-Hispanic (67.9%)
Hispanic (29.9%)
Other race (19.1%)
Two or more races (2.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	33.5 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 733	(52.1%)
Females: 673	(47.9%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $20,522
County population in 2003: 1,351
Jobs in 2003: 521

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Total labor force in 2004: 681
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.1%

Average household size:

Glasscock County:	2.9 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $42,460 ($35,655 in 1999)

This county:	$42,460
Texas:	$47,548

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $246 (lower quartile is $149, upper quartile is $420)

This county:	$246
State:	$589

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $119,372 (it was $65,000 in 2000)

Glasscock County:	$119,372
Texas:	$120,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $54,960 - $141,026

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $149,720
Here: $149,720
State: $170,389

Townhouses or other attached units: $148,023
Here: $148,023
State: $159,697

Mobile homes: $31,852
Here: $31,852
State: $42,156

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,278
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $350

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 0
Thefts: 0
Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 0
Thefts: 0
Auto thefts: 0

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Glasscock County, TX map from a distance

2004 Presidential Election results in Glasscock County Texas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 91.6%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 8.3%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $468 (0.7%)

Glasscock County household income distribution in 2007

Glasscock County home values distribution

Glasscock County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	14.7%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	5.3%
Whole state:	6.7%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Glasscock County is $401 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $624 a month.

Neighboring counties: Howard County , Martin County , Midland County , Reagan County , Sterling County , Upton County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Glasscock County: Caboose Windmill (A), Wrage Ranch (B), Wrage Windmill (C), Meyers Windmill (D), Jackson Hole Windmill (E), Morgan Windmill (F), Myrl Windmill (G), Grandpa's Windmill (H), North Bombsite Windmill (I), North Cauble Windmill (J), North Pasture Windmill (K), North Windmill (L), Green Windmill (M), Panther Windmill (N), Ballinger Ranch (O), Patterson Lake Windmill (P), East Cobb Windmill (Q), Lucian Wells Ranch (R), Polecat Windmill (S), East Windmill (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Garden City Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Dewey Lake (A), China Lake (B), Blissard Lake (C), Patterson Lake (D), Salt Lake (E), White Lake (F), Hackberry Lake (G), Rock Hole (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Apple Creek (A), Fool Creek (B), Polecat Creek (C), Panther Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	3.6%
Texas:	6.9%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 40
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 69.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 198 (33% naturalized citizens)

Glasscock County:	14.1%
Whole state:	13.9%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 69 1990 to 1994: 23 1985 to 1989: 21 1980 to 1984: 34 1975 to 1979: 12 1970 to 1974: 12 1970 to 1974: 6 1965 to 1969: 21

Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 66.7%

Glasscock County marital status for males

Glasscock County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 534
One, attached: 5
Two: 8
3 or 4: 12
Mobile homes: 96
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Housing units in Glasscock County with a mortgage: 45 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 90

Here:	33.3% with mortgage
State:	64.2% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 835
Total congregations: 4
Religions in Glasscock County -

Agriculture in Glasscock County
Average size of farms: 2477 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $68526
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $129.66
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 16.32%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $88941
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 17.85%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 31.29%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $134772
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 80.40%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.40
All wheat for grain: 8519 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 66509 harvested acres
Vegetables: 18 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 249 acres

Glasscock County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 6.8 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/22/2000, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused $240,000 in damages.

Glasscock County-area historical earthquake activity is near Texas state average. It is 95% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 93.1 miles away from Glasscock County center
On 1/2/1992 at 11:45:35, a magnitude 5.0 (4.6 MB, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 97.0 miles away from the county center
On 1/29/2008 at 10:24:53, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 83.0 miles away from the county center
On 6/2/2001 at 01:55:53, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 99.2 miles away from Glasscock County center
On 11/22/2001 at 00:07:08, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 64.0 miles away from the county center
On 8/26/1992 at 03:24:52, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 71.7 miles away from Glasscock County center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (52%)
Mining (7%)
Educational services (6%)
Construction (6%)
Utilities (3%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (31%)
Health care (14%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (26%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (19%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Top executives (3%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (15%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (98%)
Canada (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Glasscock County (%):

German (34%)
United States or American (10%)
English (5%)
Irish (3%)
Czech (3%)
Scottish (2%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)

Glasscock County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 415 (70%)
Carpooled: 77 (13%)
Walked: 41 (7%)
Other means: 2 (0%)
Worked at home: 59 (10%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $67,235.

5.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,550 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.01%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties in Texas.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

8.67% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,667 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.67%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other counties in Texas.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other states.

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9

Births per 1000 population in Glasscock County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 4.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 3.3

Deaths per 1000 population in Glasscock County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Glasscock County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 109 (0 aged, 0 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 26%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 452.150
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 150.720

Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,406

In family households: 1,260 (336 male householders, 12 female householders)
330 spouses, 540 children (493 natural, 11 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 146 (78 male householders (67 living alone)), 47 female householders (45 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 130 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 4 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

73.0% of residents of Glasscock County speak English at home.
25.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $18,704,000 ($14021 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $64,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,881,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $1,066,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,640,000
Federal grants: $5,959,000
Federal procurement contracts: $33,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $126,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $104,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $157,000
Federal Government insurance: $10,992,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 85

Here:	64 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 27

Here:	20 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +38

Here:	+29 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -171

Here:	-129 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Glasscock County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.7
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.9
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 22
1995 to 1998: 47
1990 to 1994: 52
1980 to 1989: 120
1970 to 1979: 123
1960 to 1969: 124
1950 to 1959: 90
1940 to 1949: 45
1939 or earlier: 37

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Glasscock County, Texas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 4 3 rooms: 11 4 rooms: 32 5 rooms: 104 6 rooms: 68 7 rooms: 51 8 rooms: 43 9+ rooms: 12

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Glasscock County, Texas:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 3 3 rooms: 28 4 rooms: 25 5 rooms: 51 6 rooms: 40 7 rooms: 8 8 rooms: 1 9+ rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Glasscock County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 8 2 bedrooms: 56 3 bedrooms: 198 4 bedrooms: 56 5+ bedrooms: 5

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Glasscock County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 15 2 bedrooms: 57 3 bedrooms: 78 4 bedrooms: 6 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Glasscock County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 66 2 vehicles: 133 3 vehicles: 89 4 vehicles: 24 5+ vehicles: 13

Cars and other vehicles available in Glasscock County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 13 1 vehicle: 68 2 vehicles: 48 3 vehicles: 19 4 vehicles: 10 5+ vehicles: 0

75% of Glasscock County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Texas.

Glasscock County:	74.7%
State average:	51.6%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 1094
Northeast: 9
Midwest: 13
South: 56
West: 30

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 5%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (51.1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44.0%) Wood (1.5%) Other fuel (1.5%) Utility gas (1.2%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (0.6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58.9%) Electricity (31.0%) Utility gas (7.0%) Other fuel (3.2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3

Here:	9.4%
Texas:	15.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Glasscock County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)

Fatalities (per 100,000 population)

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