Shackelford County, Texas

Shackelford County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 3,302. Its is. Shackelford is named for, a soldier of the. lies within Shackelford County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,371 (916 ). 2,367 km² (914 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.17%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Texas 351.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,302 people, 1,300 households, and 941 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (4/sq mi). There were 1,613 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.22%, 0.48% or , 0.42% , 4.24% from , and 0.64% from two or more races. 7.60% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,300 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 6.00% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 18.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,479, and the median income for a family was $38,447. Males had a median income of $26,953 versus $19,766 for females. The for the county was $16,341. About 10.90% of families and 13.60% of the population were below the, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 16.90% of those age 65 or over.