Ochiltree County, Texas

Ochiltree County is a located in the  of. In, the estimated its population to be 9,385, an increase from the figure of 9,006 recorded in the  census. The is. The county is named for, who was the of the. Ochiltree County is one of 46 prohibition or entirely in the state of Texas.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,378 (918 ). 2,376 km² (917 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it is water. The total area is 0.06 percent water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,006 people, 3,261 households, and 2,488 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 3,769 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 86.2 percent, 0.13 percent or , 0.94 percent , 0.39 percent , 0.01 percent , 10.28 percent from , and 2.04 percent from two or more races. 31.79 percent of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,261 households, of which 40.9 had children under the age of 18, 64 percent were living together, 7.9 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7 percent were non-families. Of unmarried partner households, 89.5 percent were heterosexual, 6.3 percent were same-sex male, and 4.2 percent were same-sex female.

Twenty-one percent of all households were made up of individuals and 9.30 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the county, the population was spread out with 30.6 percent under the age of 18, 8.4 percent from 18 to 24, 28.7 percent from 25 to 44, 20.7 percent from 45 to 64, and 11.7 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.

Income
The median income for a household in the county was $38,013, and the median income for a family was $45,565. Males had a median income of $31,558 versus $19,890 for females, indicating a relatively high level of income inequality based on gender. The for the county was $16,707. Thirteen percent of the population and 9.8 percent of families were below the ; 17.9 percent of those under the age of 18 and 8.7 percent of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Those making less than $25,000 per year comprised 32.2 percent of the population, while 1.9 percent made more than $150,000, according to the census. 17.5 percent of the population made less than $15,000 per year, while 6.06 percent made more than $100,000.

Politics
In 2004, Ochiltree County 91.5 percent of voters (2,922) voted for, while 8 percent (251 people) voted for. Two people (0 percent) voted for. This is tied for the second-highest percentage of votes Bush received for any county in the US (in both 2000 and 2004), and it is the highest precentage during the 2004 election, (only, at 93.1 percent, had a higher percentage in the , though in both instances the percentages are skewed by the very small number of voters).

Education
Of the population aged 25 and older (5,441 people), 14.6 percent did not have a high school diploma, while the 12.9 statewide are without a high school diploma. Twenty-seven percent of the county claimed that a high school diploma was their highest level of educational attainment, compared with 24.8 percent statewide; 16.1 percent had a Bachelor’s degree or higher, compared with 23.2 percent statewide.

Cities and towns

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Popularity
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