Jones County, Texas

Jones County is a located in the  of. In 2000, it population was 20,785. It is included in the. Its is. Jones is named for, the fifth president of the. Jones County is one of 46 prohibition, or entirely, counties in the state of Texas.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,427 (937 ). 2,411 km² (931 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.66%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[image:US 180.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:US 277.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 6.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 92.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 20,785 people, 6,140 households, and 4,525 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (22/sq mi). There were 7,236 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 78.80%, 11.51% or , 0.49% , 0.47% , 0.01% , 7.46% from , and 1.27% from two or more races. 20.91% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,140 households out of which 33.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were living together, 10.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.30% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was spread out with 22.50% under the age of 18, 11.10% from 18 to 24, 31.50% from 25 to 44, 21.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 150.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 159.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,572, and the median income for a family was $35,391. Males had a median income of $26,892 versus $17,829 for females. The for the county was $13,656. About 13.10% of families and 16.80% of the population were below the, including 22.70% of those under age 18 and 16.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

 * (mostly in Taylor County)
 * (unincorporated)
 * (partly in Fisher County)
 * (unincorporated)
 * (partly in Haskell County)
 * (unincorporated)
 * (partly in Haskell County)
 * (partly in Haskell County)