Cottle County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition 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.
As of the2020 census, the county had a population of 1,380. The median age was 47.0 years. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 26.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88.8 males age 18 and over.[14][15]
<0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.[16]
There were 613 households in the county, of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 48.0% were married-couple households, 20.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[14]
There were 891 housing units, of which 31.2% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 74.9% were owner-occupied and 25.1% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 17.7%.[14]
As of the2000 United States census,[17] 1,904 people, 820 households, and 550 families resided in the county. Thepopulation density was 2 people/mi2 (0.77 people/km2). The 1,088 housing units averaged 1 per square mile (0.39/km2). Theracial makeup of the county was 81.46% White, 9.87% African American, 7.20% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. About 18.91% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 820 households, 28.0% had children under 18 living with them, 53.9% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were not families. Around 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.9% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.28, and the average family size was 2.84.
In the county, the age distribution was 23.9% under 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 25.6% who were 65 or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 81.9 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $25,446, and for a family was $33,036. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $16,667 for females. Theper capita income for the county was $16,212. About 13.70% of families and 18.40% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 28.4% of those under 18 and 16.0% of those 65 or over.
Like the rest of theBible Belt, Cottle has trended powerfully Republican[28] and in the last six elections, the Republican nominee has won more than two-thirds of the vote. In 2012,Mitt Romney received 555 votes toBarack Obama’s 180,[29] and in 2016, Hillary Clinton won fewer than 100 votes in the county, less than a tenth as many as Jimmy Carter 40 years before.
United States presidential election results for Cottle County, Texas[30]
