Collingsworth County, Texas

Collingsworth County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 3,206. Collingsworth is named for, a signer of the and first chief justice of the. The reason the county's name is spelled differently is because the bill creating the county misspelled Collinsworth's name. Collingsworth 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 2,381 (919 ). 2,380 km² (918 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.07%) is water.

Major Highways

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,206 people, 1,294 households, and 916 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (4/sq mi). There were 1,723 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 79.82%, 5.33% or , 1.62% , 0.19% , 10.89% from , and 2.15% from two or more races. 20.43% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,294 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.20% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.40% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 22.60% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 22.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,438, and the median income for a family was $33,323. Males had a median income of $24,808 versus $17,679 for females. The for the county was $15,318. About 14.80% of families and 18.70% of the population were below the, including 27.20% of those under age 18 and 16.40% of those age 65 or over.