Editing Dickens, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Dickens, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
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| image_skyline      = 2019 Dickens County Courthouse.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = The Dickens County Courthouse
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| map_caption        = Location of Dickens, Texas
| image_map1         = Dickens County Dickens.svg
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Dickens County, Texas|Dickens]]

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| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2     = 2.48
| area_land_km2      = 2.48
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 0.96
| area_land_sq_mi    = 0.96
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 219
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 776
| elevation_ft       = 2546
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|37|17|N|100|50|6|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 79229
| area_code          = [[Area code 806|806]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-20332<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1356008<ref name="GR3">{{cite gnis|1356008|Dickens|April 12, 2023}}</ref>
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'''Dickens''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Dickens County, Texas|Dickens County]], [[Texas]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The population was 219 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name=":0" /> down from 286 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4820332| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dickens city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 8, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213053035/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4820332| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Charles Weldon Cannon (1915–1997), a Dickens County native, made his famous boots and [[saddle]]s in Dickens.

==Geography==
[[File:Dickens Texas water tower photo.jpg|thumb|left|Water tower just outside Dickens]]Dickens is located west of the center of Dickens County at {{coord|33|37|17|N|100|50|6|W|type:city}} (33.621341, –100.834987),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> with the Croton Breaks to the east and Mackenzie Peak to the north. [[U.S. Route 82 in Texas|U.S. Route 82]] passes through Dickens, leading east {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Guthrie, Texas|Guthrie]] and west {{convert|62|mi}} to [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]]. [[Texas State Highway 70]] crosses the western side of town, leading north {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Matador, Texas|Matador]] and southeast {{convert|34|mi}} to [[Jayton, Texas|Jayton]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city of Dickens has a total area of {{convert|2.5|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1940 = 465
| 1950 = 420
| 1960 = 302
| 1970 = 295
| 1980 = 409
| 1990 = 322
| 2000 = 332
| 2010 = 286
| 2020 = 219
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Dickens racial composition'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4820332&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic''){{efn|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 can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|158
|72.15%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|3
|1.37%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|6
|2.74%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|52
|23.74%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''219'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 219 people, 126 households, and 62 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 332 people, 133 households, and 88 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|340.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 163 housing units at an average density of {{convert|167.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.58% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.90% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.04% of the population.

There were 133 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $19,875, and the median income for a family was $31,750. Males had a median income of $22,361 versus $18,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,024. About 15.5% of families and 20.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 21.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Dickens is divided between the [[Spur Independent School District|Spur]] and [[Patton Springs Independent School District|Patton Springs]] Independent School Districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48125_dickens/DC20SD_C48125.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dickens County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48125_dickens/DC20SD_C48125_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The [[Texas Legislature]] designated the county as being in the [[Western Texas College District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm|title=Sec. 130.210.  WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.|access-date=2024-09-22}}</ref>

==Climate==
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Dickens has a [[semiarid climate]], ''BSk'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=844214&cityname=Dickens%2C+Texas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Dickens, Texas]</ref>

==References==
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