According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 993 square miles (2,570 km2), of which 992 square miles (2,570 km2) are land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (0.04%) is covered by water.[6]
Floyd 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 5,402. The median age was 40.3 years, with 27.3% of residents under the age of 18 and 20.5% aged 65 years or older. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.0 males age 18 and over.[13]
Less than 0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.[15]
There were 2,125 households in the county, of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.6% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[13]
There were 2,603 housing units, of which 18.4% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 72.2% were owner-occupied and 27.8% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 14.1%.[13]
In1880, only three white men (Richard H. Woolf, Samuel Mobly, and A.S. Presley, all three of whom worked ascattle ranchers and/orcowboys and were aged 23 years old) resided in Floyd County, TX, but the population of the county soon grew to 529 people by1890, and to 2020 by1900, and even larger in the following decades.
The 2000 census showed 2,730 households and 2,110 families residing in the county. Thepopulation density was 8 people per square mile (3.1 people/km2). The3,221 housing units averaged of 3 per square mile (1.2/km2). Theracial makeup of the county was 74.16% White, 3.38% African American, 0.76% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 19.66% from other races, and 1.81% from two or more races. About 45.93% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,730 households, 39.4% had children under 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were not families. Around 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.26.
In the county, the population was distributed as 31.40% under 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 24.40% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.20% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 89.90 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $26,851 and for a family was $32,123. Males had a median income of $25,487 versus $18,929 for females. Theper capita income for the county was $14,206. About 19.50% of families and 21.50% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 28.60% of those under 18 and 16.50% of those 65 or over.
Floyd County is ideal for wind development. It is located in what many call the wind corridor of the United States, which stretches from the Panhandle of Texas north into Minnesota, including some of the most wind-rich states in the country. Reasons include the quality of wind in the region, the possibilities of connecting into two different electric grid systems, and the scheduled transmission line build-out in the area.[citation needed]
Floyd County is home to two general news organizations and two radio stations. In addition, Floydada is the corporate headquarters for Paramount Broadcasting Corp., which provides daily agricultural programming to All Ag, All Day affiliates (KFLP (AM) in Floydada, andKPUR (AM) in Amarillo, Texas), as well as All Ag Network affiliates from Fresno, California, to Utica, New York.[17] For the first 23 years, theWest Texas Friday Night Scoreboard show was produced and syndicated from the downtown Floydada studios before moving to its current Lubbock studios in 2019.[18]
