Wichita County, Texas

Wichita County is a located in the  of. It is part of the. In 2005, the estimated its population to be 125,894, down from 131,664 in 2000. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,639 (633 ). 1,626 km² (628 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.85%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[image:I-44.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:US 281.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:US 287.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 25.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 79.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 240.svg|23px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 131,664 people, 48,441 households, and 32,891 families residing in the county. The was 81/km² (210/sq mi). There were 53,304 housing units at an average density of 33/km² (85/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 78.76%, 10.23% or , 0.89% , 1.84% , 0.09% , 5.51% from , and 2.68% from two or more races. 12.23% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 48,441 households out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.30% were living together, 11.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. In 2000, there were 1,869 unmarried partner households: 1,677 heterosexual, 94 same-sex male, and 98 same-sex female.

27.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 13.70% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 103.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,780, and the median income for a family was $40,937. Males had a median income of $28,687 versus $21,885 for females. The for the county was $16,965. About 10.30% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the, including 17.40% of those under age 18 and 9.80% of those age 65 or over.