Crosby County, Texas

Crosby County is a located in the  of. In 2000, its population was 7,072. The of the county is. The county and its seat are both named for, a land commissioner in. Crosby County is one of 46 prohibition, or entirely, counties in the state of Texas. It forms part of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,335 (902 ). 2,330 km² (900 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.24%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,072 people, 2,512 households, and 1,866 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 3,202 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 63.77%, 3.89% or , 0.54% , 0.03% , 0.07% , 29.89% from , and 1.81% from two or more races. 48.93% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,512 households out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the county, the population was spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,769, and the median income for a family was $29,891. Males had a median income of $23,775 versus $17,229 for females. The for the county was $14,445. About 22.6% of families and 28.1% of the population were below the, including 36.6% of those under age 18 and 22.7% of those age 65 or over.