Brooks County, Texas

Brooks County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,976. Its is. Brooks is named for, a and legislator.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,444 (944 ). 2,443 km² (943 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.03%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Texas 285.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,976 people, 2,711 households, and 2,079 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 3,203 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 75.84%, 0.19% or , 0.46% , 0.09% , 0.08% , 21.58% from , and 1.77% from two or more races. 91.57% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,711 households out of which 38.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.20% were living together, 19.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.30% were non-families. 21.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.38.

In the county, the population was spread out with 31.60% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $18,622, and the median income for a family was $22,473. Males had a median income of $23,051 versus $16,103 for females. The for the county was $10,234. About 36.90% of families and 40.20% of the population were below the, including 51.70% of those under age 18 and 30.40% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
While the state of Texas is a stronghold of the, Brooks County often favors candidates. In the, the county gave 1,820 votes to Democratic candidate to 844 for Republican.