Motley County, Texas

Motley County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 1,426. It is named for, who signed the , who died in the ; its name is spelled differently than his because the bill establishing the misspelled Mottley's name. Motley County is one of 46 prohibition, or entirely, counties in the state of Texas. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,564 (990 ). 2,562 km² (989 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.04%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Texas 70.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,426 people, 606 households, and 435 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (1/sq mi). There were 839 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.38%, 3.51% or , 0.63% , 0.14% , 0.14% , 6.31% from , and 1.89% from two or more races. 12.13% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 606 households out of which 26.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.00% under the age of 18, 6.00% from 18 to 24, 21.10% from 25 to 44, 25.20% from 45 to 64, and 23.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 101.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,348, and the median income for a family was $33,977. Males had a median income of $25,395 versus $13,333 for females. The for the county was $16,584. About 13.90% of families and 19.40% of the population were below the, including 35.30% of those under age 18 and 13.80% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

 * Flomot
 * Flomot
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