Howard County, Texas (TX)

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County population in 2005: 32,522 (78% urban, 22% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 7,918
Renter-occupied apartments: 3,471

% of renters here:	30%
State:	36%

Land area: 903 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.4 sq. mi.

Population density: 36 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	18.6%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	7.4%
Whole state:	6.7%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (29.3%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 68%
Government: 25%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Howard County, Texas business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Howard County, Texas:

White Non-Hispanic (56.8%)
Hispanic (37.5%)
Other race (12.4%)
Black (4.1%)
Two or more races (2.1%)
American Indian (1.1%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	36.4 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 18,205	(54.1%)
Females: 15,422	(45.9%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $27,395
County population in 2003: 32,926
Jobs in 2003: 13,073

Howard County,TX real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 13,816
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.0%

Average household size:

Howard County:	2.5 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,512 ($30,805 in 2000)

This county	$32,512
Texas:	$42,139

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $53,136

Howard County	$53,136
Texas:	$106,000

Median montly rent in 2000: $414
Institutionalized population: 4,392
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Howard County in 2000: $641

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 8
Burglaries: 40
Thefts: 47
Auto thefts: 6

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 6
Burglaries: 44
Thefts: 42
Auto thefts: 8

Howard County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Howard County Texas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 73.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 26.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $436 (1.1%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Howard County is $405 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $680 a month.

Cities in this county include: Big Spring, Coahoma, Forsan.

Neighboring counties: Borden County , Dawson County , Glasscock County , Martin County , Mitchell County , Sterling County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Howard County: Windmill Number Two (A), Morgan Creek Pumping Station (B), Otis Chalk (C), Windmill Number Three (D), Hansford County Library (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Howard County include: Prairie View Church (A), Berea Baptist Church (B), Salem Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Vincent Cemetery (1), Vealmoor Cemetery (2), Trinity Memorial Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Onemile Lake (A), Threemile Lake (B), Fourmile Lake (C), Red Salt Lake (D), Natural Dam Lake (E), Roberts Lake (F), Salt Lake (G), Iatan Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Wildhorse Creek (A), Elbow Creek (B), Powell Creek (C), Dobson Creek (D), Moss Creek (E), Devils Creek (F), Chimney Creek (G), Calf Creek (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Howard County: Roy Andrews Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.5%
Texas:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 1,702
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 70.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,015 (27% naturalized citizens)

Howard County:	6.0%
Whole state:	13.9%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 322
1990 to 1994: 349
1985 to 1989: 350
1980 to 1984: 249
1975 to 1979: 261
1970 to 1974: 158
1970 to 1974: 110
1965 to 1969: 216

Mean travel time to work: 17.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.4%

Howard County marital status for males

Howard County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 10,474
One, attached: 446
Two: 306
3 or 4: 263
5 to 9: 163
10 to 19: 253
20 or more: 599
Mobile homes: 1,073
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Housing units in Howard County with a mortgage: 2,987 (51 second mortgage, 157 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,576

Agriculture in Howard County
Average size of farms: 1112 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $32416
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $127.18
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 22.13%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $42347
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 17.84%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.26%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $55252
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.12%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.99
All wheat for grain: 1233 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 71966 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 124 acres

Howard County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Texas state average. It is 1.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/22/1956, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 3 people

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (11%)
Public administration (10%)
Health care (9%)
Mining (9%)
Educational services (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (27%)
Educational services (16%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Public administration (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (80%)
Colombia (2%)
Cuba (2%)
Dominican Republic (2%)
Haiti (2%)
Peru (2%)
Vietnam (1%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Howard County:

United States or American (19%)
German (8%)
English (7%)
Irish (6%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Scottish (1%)
French (except Basque) (1%)

Howard County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 9,558 (81%)
Carpooled: 1,772 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 4 (0%)
Railroad: 9 (0%)
Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
Bicycle: 9 (0%)
Walked: 139 (1%)
Other means: 127 (1%)
Worked at home: 215 (2%)

People in group quarters in Howard County, Texas

2620 people in other types of correctional institutions
1294 people in federal prisons and detention centers
244 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
208 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
147 people in nursing homes
136 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
78 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
45 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $43,212.

6.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,608 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.53%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.75% relocated from other counties in Texas ($19,425 average AGI)
1.78% relocated from other states ($8,183 average AGI)
Howard County: 1.78%
Texas average: 3.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Midland County, TX	0.59% ($32,143 average AGI)
from Tom Green County, TX	0.28% ($28,111)
from Dawson County, TX	0.24% ($17,304)
from Ector County, TX	0.20% ($20,105)
from Dallas County, TX	0.19% ($26,833)
from Mitchell County, TX	0.17% ($33,063)
from Lubbock County, TX	0.16% ($26,133)

7.35% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,107 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.35%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.93% relocated to other counties in Texas ($33,782 average AGI)
1.41% relocated to other states ($8,325 average AGI)
Howard County: 1.41%
Texas average: 2.17%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Midland County, TX	1.05% ($78,881 average AGI)
to Ector County, TX	0.45% ($32,116)
to Tom Green County, TX	0.43% ($22,488)
to Lubbock County, TX	0.36% ($34,886)
to Tarrant County, TX	0.24% ($22,043)
to Bexar County, TX	0.19% ($35,778)
to Dallas County, TX	0.17% ($40,125)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.5

Births per 1000 population in Howard County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.4

Deaths per 1000 population in Howard County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Howard County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,276 (4,519 aged, 757 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 22%

Household type by relationship

Households: 28,806

In family households: 25,094 (6,268 male householders, 1,784 female householders)
6,172 spouses, 8,847 children (7,930 natural, 226 adopted, 691 stepchildren), 772 grandchildren, 260 brothers or sisters, 131 parents, 424 other relatives, 436 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,712 (1,227 male householders (1,073 living alone)), 2,132 female householders (1,973 living alone)), 353 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,821 (4,427 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,601 2-persons, 1,681 3-persons, 1,557 4-persons, 756 5-persons, 353 6-persons, 104 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,046 1-person, 274 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

5,011 married couples with children.
2,103 single-parent households (478 men, 1,625 women).

68.9% of residents of Howard County speak English at home.
30.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 33% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $301,078,000 ($9157 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $49,915,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $86,571,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $59,621,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $12,547,000
Federal grants: $44,707,000
Federal procurement contracts: $50,806,000 ($45,281,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $46,826,000 ($214,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $114,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,537,000
Federal Government insurance: $10,997,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,285

Here:	70 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,906

Here:	59 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +295

Here:	+9 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -1,726

Here:	-53 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Howard County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.30 millions of gallons per day (17% from ground, 83% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 113
1995 to 1998: 331
1990 to 1994: 331
1980 to 1989: 1,190
1970 to 1979: 1,925
1960 to 1969: 2,999
1950 to 1959: 3,744
1940 to 1949: 1,813
1939 or earlier: 1,143

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Howard County, Texas:

1 room: 11
2 rooms: 119
3 rooms: 326
4 rooms: 1,131
5 rooms: 2,388
6 rooms: 2,156
7 rooms: 974
8 rooms: 540
9 or more rooms: 273

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Howard County, Texas:

1 room: 152
2 rooms: 270
3 rooms: 566
4 rooms: 868
5 rooms: 947
6 rooms: 433
7 rooms: 185
8 rooms: 42
9 or more rooms: 8

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Howard County:

no bedroom: 85
1 bedroom: 344
2 bedrooms: 2,020
3 bedrooms: 4,647
4 bedrooms: 736
5 or more bedrooms: 86

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Howard County:

no bedroom: 192
1 bedroom: 807
2 bedrooms: 1,274
3 bedrooms: 1,018
4 bedrooms: 172
5 or more bedrooms: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Howard County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 311
1 vehicle: 2,681
2 vehicles: 3,587
3 vehicles: 984
4 vehicles: 257
5 or more vehicles: 98

Cars and other vehicles available in Howard County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 754
1 vehicle: 1,655
2 vehicles: 894
3 vehicles: 105
4 vehicles: 47
5 or more vehicles: 16

54% of Howard County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Texas.

Howard County:	54.5%
State average:	51.6%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 24980
Northeast: 300
Midwest: 1480
South: 2251
West: 2380

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,200

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (65%)
Electricity (27%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (57%)
Electricity (38%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 66

Here:	1.7%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 144

Here:	6.9%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 205

Here:	12.7%
Texas:	15.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Howard County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $1,118,000
Construction - General Public Buildings: $971,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,519,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,205,000

Financial Administration: $1,049,000

Police Protection: $978,000

Central Staff Services: $661,000

Corrections - Other: $638,000

General - Other: $618,000

Libraries: $406,000

General Public Buildings: $338,000

Welfare - Other: $269,000

Health Services - Other: $161,000

Natural Resources - Other: $105,000

Fire Protection: $96,000
General - Interest on Debt: $82,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $328,000
Solid Waste Management: $124,000

Corrections: $108,000

Welfare: $36,000

Protective Inspection & Regulations: $23,000

Regular Highways: $10,000

Parks & Recreation: $9,000

Air Transportation: $5,000

Natural Resources: $1,000
Intergovernmental to State - Health: $15,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $495,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,475,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,410,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $65,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $827,000
Interest Earnings: $252,000

Rents: $13,000
Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $95,000
Police Protection: $49,000

Central Staff: $22,000

General Public Building: $21,000

Libraries: $4,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,681,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $16,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $91,000
All Other: $90,000

Highways: $40,000

Health & Hospitals: $27,000
Tax - Property: $4,786,000
Motor Vehicle License: $743,000

NEC: $53,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $3,491,000

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