Briscoe County, Texas

Briscoe County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 1,790. Its is. Briscoe is named for, a soldier during the. Briscoe County is one of 46 prohibition or entirely in the state of Texas.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,335 (902 ). 2,332 km² (901 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.15%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,790 people, 724 households, and 511 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 1,006 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 83.35%, 2.29% or , 0.39% , 0.06% , 11.45% from , and 2.46% from two or more races. 22.74% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 724 households out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.30% were living together, 7.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.10% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 22.00% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,917, and the median income for a family was $35,326. Males had a median income of $25,854 versus $17,500 for females. The for the county was $14,218. About 11.50% of families and 16.00% of the population were below the, including 23.00% of those under age 18 and 12.50% of those age 65 or over.