Carson County, Texas

Carson County is a located in the  of. It is part of the. In, its population was 6,516. Carson is named for, the first secretary of state of the. The of the county is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,393 (924 ). 2,391 km² (923 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.10%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:US 60.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 152.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 207.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,516 people, 2,470 households, and 1,884 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 2,815 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.82%, 0.58% or , 1.00% , 0.14% , 0.02% , 3.04% from , and 1.41% from two or more races. 7.03% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,470 households out of which 35.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.30% were living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.70% were non-families. 22.30% 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 2.60 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,285, and the median income for a family was $47,147. Males had a median income of $34,271 versus $23,325 for females. The for the county was $19,368. About 5.40% of families and 7.30% of the population were below the, including 8.90% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.