Shackelford County, Texas (TX)

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County population in July 2007: 3,161 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,023
Renter-occupied apartments: 277

% of renters here:	21%
State:	36%

Land area: 914 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 3 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Shackelford County: 78.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (21.1%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (16.7%), Retail trade (11.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 64%
Government: 21%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 14%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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

Races in Shackelford County, Texas:

White Non-Hispanic (91.3%)
Hispanic (7.6%)
Other race (4.2%)
American Indian (0.8%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	40.1 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 1,565	(47.4%)
Females: 1,737	(52.6%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $22,931
County population in 2003: 3,286
Jobs in 2003: 1,111

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Total labor force in 2004: 2,069
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.2%

Average household size:

Shackelford County:	2.5 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $36,296 ($30,479 in 1999)

This county:	$36,296
Texas:	$47,548

2007 median house/condo value: $65,422 ($42,800 in 2000)

Shackelford County:	$65,422
Texas:	$120,900

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $336 (lower quartile is $219, upper quartile is $442)

This county:	$336
State:	$589

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,178
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $291

Institutionalized population: 47

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 4
Burglaries: 5
Thefts: 4
Auto thefts: 1

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: 6
Thefts: 9
Auto thefts: 2

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2004 Presidential Election results in Shackelford County Texas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 84.6%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 15.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $586 (1.4%)

Shackelford County household income distribution in 2007

Shackelford County home values distribution

Shackelford County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	13.6%
Whole state:	15.4%

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

This county:	5.1%
Whole state:	6.7%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Shackelford County is $375 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $692 a month.

Cities in this county include: Albany, Moran, Morales-Sanchez.

Neighboring counties: Callahan County , Eastland County , Haskell County , Jones County , Stephens County , Throckmorton County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Shackelford County: Ackers Ranch (A), Ibex Pumping Station (B), Nail Ranch (C), Palm Ranch (D), Lueders Encampment (E), Chimney Creek Ranch (F), Hendrick Ranch (G), Cook Camp (H), Cook Ranch (I), Spring Creek Ranch (J), Buck Nail Ranch (K), Bud Matthews (L), Davis Ranch (M), The Old Jail Art Center (N). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Greer Cemetery (1), Johnson Cemetery (2), Lynch Cemetery (3), Fort Griffin Cemetery (4), Parrish Cemetery (5), Rising Sun Cemetery (6), Moran Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Lake Penick (A), Pico Lake (B), Johnson Lake (C), Diller Lake (D), Nail Lake Number 1 (E), Nail Lake Number 2 (F), McCarty Lake (G), Snyder Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hog Creek (A), Reynolds Branch (B), West Fork Spring Creek (C), Reynolds Creek (D), Shirley Branch (E), Antelope Creek (F), Jenkins Creek (G), Snailum Creek (H), Foyle Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Shackelford County include: Fort Griffin State Park (1), Fort Griffin State Historical Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.8%
Texas:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 82
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 97 (57% naturalized citizens)

Shackelford County:	2.9%
Whole state:	13.9%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 6 1990 to 1994: 6 1985 to 1989: 20 1980 to 1984: 22 1975 to 1979: 7 1970 to 1974: 15 1970 to 1974: 8 1965 to 1969: 13

Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 62.6%

Shackelford County marital status for males

Shackelford County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,300
One, attached: 16
Two: 15
5 to 9: 5
10 to 19: 13
20 or more: 36
Mobile homes: 216
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Housing units in Shackelford County with a mortgage: 294 (0 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 433

Here:	40.4% with mortgage
State:	64.2% with mortgage

Agriculture in Shackelford County
Average size of farms: 2211 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $59725
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $52.42
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 91.58%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $85887
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 4.34%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.27%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $38030
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 82.54%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.07
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.26%
All wheat for grain: 14602 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 1741 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 39 acres

Shackelford County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Texas state average. It is 1.2 times above overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Mining (14%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
Construction (10%)
Public administration (8%)
Educational services (7%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Accommodation and food services (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (18%)
Health care (14%)
Public administration (9%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Social assistance (4%)
Mining (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

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

Mexico (82%)
Germany (4%)
Philippines (4%)
Other South Central Asia (3%)
United Kingdom (2%)
Indonesia (2%)
Nicaragua (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Shackelford County:

United States or American (32%)
English (13%)
German (11%)
Irish (11%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
Scottish (3%)
French (except Basque) (1%)

Shackelford County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,125 (78%)
Carpooled: 212 (15%)
Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
Bicycle: 2 (0%)
Walked: 33 (2%)
Other means: 9 (1%)
Worked at home: 54 (4%)

People in group quarters in Shackelford County, Texas

42 people in nursing homes
15 people in other group homes
5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,809.

7.91% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($22,326 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.91%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.53% relocated from other counties in Texas ($23,116 average AGI)
1.38% relocated from other states ($-,791 average AGI)
Shackelford County: 1.38%
Texas average: 3.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Taylor County, TX

2.39% ($26,615 average AGI)

8.33% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,879 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.33%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.33% relocated to other counties in Texas ($26,714 average AGI)
1.01% relocated to other states ($3,165 average AGI)
Shackelford County: 1.01%
Texas average: 2.17%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Taylor County, TX	1.56% ($30,647 average AGI)
to Stephens County, TX	0.92% ($26,400)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.0

Births per 1000 population in Shackelford County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.9

Deaths per 1000 population in Shackelford County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Shackelford County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 637 (581 aged, 56 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 820.970
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1199.870

Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 94.73

Household type by relationship

Households: 3,240

In family households: 2,872 (772 male householders, 169 female householders)
805 spouses, 985 children (885 natural, 7 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 13 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 368 (125 male householders (117 living alone)), 226 female householders (220 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 62 (45 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 443 2-persons, 206 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 337 1-person, 11 2-persons, 3 3-persons.

90.5% of residents of Shackelford County speak English at home.
8.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $20,538,000 ($6355 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $748,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $10,241,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $4,850,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $946,000
Federal grants: $3,592,000
Federal procurement contracts: $176,000 ($27,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $734,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,482,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $190,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,838,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 165

Here:	52 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 223

Here:	70 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: 0

Here:	0 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -71

Here:	-22 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Shackelford 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:	4.8
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 48
1995 to 1998: 54
1990 to 1994: 57
1980 to 1989: 224
1970 to 1979: 230
1960 to 1969: 152
1950 to 1959: 237
1940 to 1949: 168
1939 or earlier: 443

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Shackelford County, Texas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 14 3 rooms: 50 4 rooms: 109 5 rooms: 283 6 rooms: 291 7 rooms: 146 8 rooms: 83 9+ rooms: 47

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Shackelford County, Texas:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 7 3 rooms: 29 4 rooms: 77 5 rooms: 82 6 rooms: 47 7 rooms: 25 8 rooms: 4 9+ rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Shackelford County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 53 2 bedrooms: 319 3 bedrooms: 502 4 bedrooms: 120 5+ bedrooms: 27

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Shackelford County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 26 2 bedrooms: 126 3 bedrooms: 98 4 bedrooms: 25 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Shackelford County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 38 1 vehicle: 332 2 vehicles: 432 3 vehicles: 150 4 vehicles: 54 5+ vehicles: 17

Cars and other vehicles available in Shackelford County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 26 1 vehicle: 124 2 vehicles: 91 3 vehicles: 28 4 vehicles: 8 5+ vehicles: 0

60% of Shackelford County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Texas.

Shackelford County:	60.2%
State average:	51.6%

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

This state: 2709
Northeast: 47
Midwest: 143
South: 188
West: 112

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,200

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (48%) Electricity (36%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%) Wood (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (45%) Utility gas (44%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14

Here:	3.1%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7

Here:	3.0%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6

Here:	8.0%
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.)

Shackelford County government finances in 2002:

Construction - General Public Buildings: $2,008,000
Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $433,000
Regular Highways: $351,000

Police Protection: $321,000

Financial Administration: $198,000

General - Other: $188,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $178,000

Corrections - Other: $143,000

General Public Buildings: $100,000

Libraries: $6,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $158,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $225,000
Interest Earnings: $19,000
Other Capital Outlay - General Public Building: $45,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $570,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,623,000
General Support: $290,000

Highways: $15,000
Tax - Property: $1,154,000
Motor Vehicle License: $222,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $699,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

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

Shackelford County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

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