Editing Jeff Davis County, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
As of 2021, Jeff Davis County, with a median age of 60, is one of six [[List of United States counties and county equivalents|counties in the United States]] with a median age greater than or equal to 60.<ref name="over60">{{cite web |title=Nation Continues to Age as It Becomes More Diverse |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/population-estimates-characteristics.html |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718110001/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/population-estimates-characteristics.html |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |date=June 30, 2022}}</ref>
{{US Census population
|1890= 1394
|1900= 1150
|1910= 1678
|1920= 1445
|1930= 1800
|1940= 2375
|1950= 2090
|1960= 1582
|1970= 1527
|1980= 1647
|1990= 1946
|2000= 2207
|2010= 2342
|2020= 1996
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2014<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48243.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018035428/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48243.html|archive-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Jeff Davis County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Jeff Davis County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48243&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Jeff Davis County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48243&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Jeff Davis County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48243&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,376
|1,490
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,282
|62.35%
|63.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64.23%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|16
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.72%
|0.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|6
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.27%
|0.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.09%
|0.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15
|0.05%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.75%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|23
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66
|1.04%
|1.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.31%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|783
|790
|style='background: #ffffe6; |613
|35.48%
|33.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30.71%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,207'''
|'''2,342'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,996'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2010 United States Census]], 2,342 people were living in the county; 90.2% were [[White American|White]], 1.0% [[African American]], 0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian American|Asian]], 5.8% of some other race, and 2.0% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. About 33.7% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race).

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, 2,207 people, 896 households, and 632 families were living in the county. The [[population density]] was less than {{convert|1|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. The 1,420 housing units averaged less than {{convert|1|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 90.53%  White, 0.91% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 5.17% from other races, and 2.99% from two or more races. About 35.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 896 households, 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.80% were married couples living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were not families. About 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 older. The average household size was 2.39, and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the age distribution was 24.40% under 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 24.10% from 25 to 44, 30.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.30% who were 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,212, and for a family was $39,083. Males had a median income of $27,011 versus $21,384 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,846. About 14.10% of families and 15.00% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.10% of those under age 18 and 19.60% of those age 65 or over.