According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 910 square miles (2,400 km2), of which 903 square miles (2,340 km2) are land and 7.1 square miles (18 km2) (0.8%) are covered by water.[4]
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1850–2010[7] 2010[8] 2020[9]
Haskell 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 thecensus[11] of 2000, 6,093 people, 2,569 households, and 1,775 families resided in the county. Thepopulation density was 8 people per square mile (3.1 people/km2). The 3,555 housing units averaged 4 units per square mile (1.5/km2). Theracial makeup of the county was 82.78% White, 2.79% Black or African American, 0.54% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 11.67% from other races, and 2.05% from two or more races. About 20% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,569 households, 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.60% were married couples living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were not families. About 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the county, the population distributed as 23.70% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 25.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.30 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $23,690, and for a family was $29,506. Males had a median income of $23,542 versus $16,418 for females. Theper capita income for the county was $14,918. About 16.90% of families and 22.80% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 34.00% of those under age 18 and 15.40% of those age 65 or over.
Haskell County is the home county of former TexasGovernorRick Perry.Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman fromMuenster inCooke County, has represented Haskell County in theTexas House of Representatives since January 2013.[12]Haskell County was once aDemocratic bastion, voting for the Democratic nominee for president in every election from its founding through 1996, with the exceptions of the 1972 and 1984 Republican landslides. In 2000, it broke its Democratic heritage by voting for Republican nomineeGeorge W. Bush. Since then, the county has taken a sharp Republican turn, moving rightward in every subsequent election as of 2020. In 2020, Haskell gave 83.1 percent of the vote to Republican nomineeDonald Trump, the highest ever Republican vote share in the county, and just 15.9 percent of the vote to Democratic nomineeJoe Biden, the lowest ever Democratic vote share in the county.
United States presidential election results for Haskell County, Texas[13]
