Castro County, Texas (TX)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,169
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 1,961
Renter-occupied apartments: 885 (it was 800 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 29% |
State: | 36% |
Land area: 898 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 8 people per square mile (low).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (18.5%), Retail trade (18.3%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (15.5%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (11.9%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 74%
- Government: 20%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 4,99165.9%Hispanic or Latino
- 2,24829.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1271.7%Two or more races
- 1071.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 590.8%Asian alone
- 340.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 20.03%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 35.2 years |
Texas median age: | 35.6 years |
Males: 3,882 | (51.2%) |
Females: 3,697 | (48.8%) |
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Castro County: | 2.0 people |
Texas: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $59,270 ($30,619 in 1999)
This county: | $59,270 |
Texas: | $72,284 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $665 (lower quartile is $543, upper quartile is $982)
This county: | $665 |
State: | $1117 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $111,549 (it was $50,300 in 2000)
Castro: | $111,549 |
Texas: | $275,400 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,122Detached houses: $180,498
Here: $180,498 State: $369,058 Mobile homes: $128,438
Here: $128,438 State: $124,413
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $415
Institutionalized population: 64
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 1
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 2
- Burglaries: 4
- Thefts: 7
- Auto thefts: 8
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 0
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 3
- Burglaries: 4
- Thefts: 13
- Auto thefts: 7
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 0 buildings
- 2021: 0 buildings
- 2020: 1 building, cost: $47,000
- 2019: 0 buildings
- 2018: 1 building, cost: $280,000
- 2017: 1 building, cost: $400,000
- 2016: 2 buildings, average cost: $45,500
- 2015: 0 buildings
- 2014: 0 buildings
- 2013: 0 buildings
- 2012: 0 buildings
- 2011: 0 buildings
- 2010: 0 buildings
- 2009: 1 building, cost: $20,000
- 2008: 0 buildings
- 2007: 1 building, cost: $219,000
- 2006: 4 buildings, average cost: $50,000
- 2005: 0 buildings
- 2004: 0 buildings
- 2003: 0 buildings
- 2002: 1 building, cost: $94,000
- 2001: 0 buildings
- 2000: 0 buildings
- 1999: 1 building, cost: $32,800
- 1998: 1 building, cost: $56,800
- 1997: 1 building, cost: $55,000
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,817 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $851 (1.0%)
Castro County: | 12.5% |
Texas: | 14.0% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 35.2 years old
(Males: 35.5 years old, Females: 34.6 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 51.6 years old, Black residents: 35.5 years old, American Indian residents: 47.8 years old, Asian residents: 27.5 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 29.0 years old, Other race residents: 22.3 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Castro County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $645 a month.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Castro County: Hub (A), Hub Community Hall (B), Oklahoma Lane (C), Oklahoma Lane Community Center (D), Rhea Hollene Volunteer Fire Department (E), Lazbuddie Fire Department (F), Lazbuddie Emergency Medical Service (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Castro County: Rhea Emmanuel Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Lazbuddie Cemetery (1), Lariat Cemetery (2), Old Farwell Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Black Lake (A), Mustang Lake (B), Twin Lakes (C), Flynt Lake Number 2 (D), Flynt Lake Number 1 (E), Frye Lake (F), Williams Lake (G), Hartzog Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Neighboring counties: Cullman County, Alabama , Valencia County, New Mexico , Duplin County, North Carolina , Hale County , Swisher County .
Here: | 2.7% |
Texas: | 3.5% |
Current college students: 140
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 75.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,253 (38.5% naturalized citizens)
Castro County: | 16.5% |
Whole state: | 17.2% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 2672010 or later
- 2662000 to 2009
- 3851990 to 1999
- 3481980 to 1989
- 2381970 to 1979
- 172Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,261
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 88
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 31
- 10 to 19: 40
- 20 to 49: 31
- 50 or more: 90
- Mobile homes: 494
Housing units in Castro County with a mortgage: 494 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
Here: | 100.0% with mortgage |
State: | 98.4% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Castro County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 2,605 | 15 |
Catholic | 2,322 | 3 |
Mainline Protestant | 452 | 2 |
None | 2,683 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Castro County: | 2.78 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Castro County: | 8.35 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 8.35 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Castro County: | 9.9% |
Texas: | 8.9% |
Castro County: | 26.6% |
State: | 26.6% |
Here: | 14.3% |
State: | 15.7% |
Agriculture in Castro County:
Average size of farms: 1053 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $1,107,742
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $329.11
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 87.34%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $1,025,280
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 40.44%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 82.35%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $157,311
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 78.13%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 64.91
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.38%
Corn for grain: 48034 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 55498 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 74422 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 318 harvested acres
Tornado activity:
Castro County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 1855537.2 times below overall U.S. average.Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 30 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/17/1970, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 13 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Castro County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Texas state average. It is 490% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 135.5 miles away from Castro County center
On 1/2/1992 at 11:45:35, a magnitude 5.0 (4.6 MB, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 159.0 miles away from the county center
On 8/23/2011 at 05:46:18, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 MW, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 221.6 miles away from the county center
On 4/14/1995 at 00:32:56, a magnitude 5.7 (5.6 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, Depth: 11.1 mi) earthquake occurred 300.8 miles away from the county center
On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi) earthquake occurred 328.7 miles away from Castro County center
On 11/6/2011 at 03:53:10, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MW, Depth: 3.2 mi) earthquake occurred 320.0 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
- Texas Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 26, 2016 to January 21, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4255: February 09, 2016, FEMA Id: 4255, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Texas Wildfires, Incident Period: March 14, 2008 to September 01, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3284: March 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 3284, Natural disaster type: Fire
- Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1606: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1606, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3261: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3261, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3216: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Extreme Fire Hazards, Incident Period: August 01, 1999 to December 10, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3142: September 01, 1999, FEMA Id: 3142, Natural disaster type: Fire
The number of natural disasters in Castro County (7) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 2
Emergencies Declared: 4
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,525 (76.6%)
- Carpooled: 541 (16.4%)
- Bus: 10 (0.3%)
- Walked: 21 (0.6%)
- Worked at home: 99 (3.0%)
- Health care and social assistance (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Manufacturing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care and social assistance (20%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Retail trade (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Management occupations (17%)
- Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (6%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (6%)
- Production occupations (5%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (16%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (15%)
- Healthcare support occupations (11%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Production occupations (9%)
- Management occupations (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Mexico (88%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Bolivia (1%)
- El Salvador (1%)
- Guatemala (1%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (0%)
- England (0%)
- German (10%)
- American (7%)
- English (4%)
- Irish (1%)
- African (1%)
- Scottish (0%)
- Italian (0%)
14 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
People in group quarters in Castro County, Texas in 2000:
- 51 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
4.74% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($43,991 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.74% |
Texas average: | 8.12% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.74% relocated from other counties in Texas ($43,991 average AGI)
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Deaf Smith County, TX | 0.93% ($51,000 average AGI) |
5.94% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($37,088 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.94% |
Texas average: | 7.40% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.94% relocated to other counties in Texas ($37,088 average AGI)
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other states.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Deaf Smith County, TX | 1.01% ($40,087 average AGI) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 8.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.5
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 15.9%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,111 (998 aged, 113 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 467 (22%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Castro County, Texas in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 27%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 28%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 9,002
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 325
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 23,871
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,767
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 825
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 52
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 24
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 52
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 13
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,579- Male householders: 1,289 (255 living alone), Female householders: 1,230 (224 living alone)
1,414 spouses (1,414 opposite-sex spouses), 141 unmarried partners, (141 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,655 children (2,474 natural, 7 adopted, 174 stepchildren), 407 grandchildren, 154 brothers or sisters, 101 parents, 0 foster children, 51 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 82
Size of family households: 773 2-persons, 365 3-persons, 407 4-persons, 165 5-persons, 115 6-persons, 78 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 480 1-person, 125 2-persons.
1,429 married couples with children.
353 single-parent households (33 men, 320 women).
47.9% of residents of Castro speak English at home.
51.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $64,410,000 ($8,379 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $161,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $13,075,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,857,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $29,238,000
Federal grants: $11,064,000
Federal procurement contracts: $199,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $977,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,084,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,227,000
Federal Government insurance: $47,090,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 684Here: | 90 per 1000 residents |
State: | 85 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 356
Here: | 47 per 1000 residents |
State: | 35 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +95
Here: | +12 per 1000 residents |
State: | +29 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,055
Here: | -138 per 1000 residents |
State: | +10 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.70 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 6.1 |
State: | 6.3 |
Here: | 4.7 |
State: | 4.0 |
- Year house built in Castro County, Texas
- 02020 or later
- 1332010 to 2019
- 1492000 to 2009
- 3291990 to 1999
- 3591980 to 1989
- 2971970 to 1979
- 6031960 to 1969
- 6001950 to 1959
- 1861940 to 1949
- 2841939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Castro County, Texas
- 31 room
- 02 rooms
- 153 rooms
- 1354 rooms
- 4855 rooms
- 3076 rooms
- 3457 rooms
- 1798 rooms
- 1509+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Castro County, Texas
- 01 room
- 242 rooms
- 743 rooms
- 2284 rooms
- 3755 rooms
- 1536 rooms
- 37 rooms
- 08 rooms
- 09+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Castro County, Texas
- 4no bedroom
- 211 bedroom
- 1322 bedrooms
- 1,0063 bedrooms
- 4454 bedrooms
- 175+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Castro County, Texas
- 0no bedroom
- 921 bedroom
- 3102 bedrooms
- 3703 bedrooms
- 1034 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Castro County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 37no vehicle
- 2071 vehicle
- 6252 vehicles
- 4123 vehicles
- 2384 vehicles
- 1035+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Castro County in renter-occupied apartments
- 47no vehicle
- 5711 vehicle
- 2522 vehicles
- 243 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
91.1% of Castro County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Texas.
Castro County: | 91.1% |
State average: | 85.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5,159
- Other state: 1,088
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 246
- South: 168
- West: 642
- 63.7%Utility gas
- 29.0%Electricity
- 3.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.6%Other fuel
- 0.6%Wood
- 50.9%Electricity
- 39.9%Utility gas
- 5.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 3.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 3.1% |
Texas: | 8.8% |
Here: | 0.0% |
Texas: | 8.0% |
Here: | 21.1% |
Texas: | 16.2% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 154
- Number of aged recipients: 58
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 96
- Number of recipients under 18: 17
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 58
- Number of recipients older than 64: 79
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 88
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 49
Most common first names in Castro County, TX among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 38 | 71.3 years |
Mary | 37 | 77.5 years |
John | 36 | 76.3 years |
William | 28 | 79.2 years |
Robert | 21 | 73.6 years |
George | 20 | 73.5 years |
Charles | 16 | 66.5 years |
Clarence | 14 | 79.3 years |
Frank | 14 | 72.2 years |
Maria | 14 | 67.9 years |
Most common last names in Castro County, TX among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 18 | 73.6 years |
Martinez | 18 | 70.3 years |
Davis | 17 | 73.8 years |
Garcia | 16 | 74.3 years |
Rodriguez | 12 | 68.2 years |
Schulte | 11 | 77.6 years |
Mclain | 11 | 72.6 years |
Birkenfeld | 11 | 74.6 years |
Acker | 10 | 75.4 years |
Jones | 10 | 76.7 years |
Businesses in Castro County, TX | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
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Alco Stores | 1 | Subway | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | True Value | 2 | |
Pizza Hut | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
RadioShack | 1 | UPS | 1 | |
SONIC Drive-In | 1 |