Essaza lye Dickens, Texas

County of Texas
Inception	1891
Egwanga	Amereka
Capital	Dickens
Located in the administrative territorial entity	Texas
Coordinate location	33°37′12″N 100°46′48″W
Geoshape	link
Obunji bw'abantu	1,770
Number of households	861±79
Contains the administrative territorial entity	Dickens
Water as percent of area	0.4 %
Shares border with	Motley County, King County, Kent County, Texas, Crosby County,Texas, Garza County,Texa, Floyd County, Cottle County, Stonewall County
Area	2,344 km²
Official website	www.co.dickens.tx.us
Per capita income	25,750 United States dollar
Tabular data series	Data:US presidential elections by county/Dickens County, Texas.tab

Dickens County, Texas ye ssaza erisangibwa mu ssaza ly’e Texas mu nsi ya United States of America. Okubala abantu okwakolebwa mu 2020, abantu baayo baali 1,770.[1] Ekibuga kyayo eky'essaza ye Dickens.[2] County eno yatondebwawo mu 1876 oluvannyuma n’etegekebwa mu 1891.[3] Essaza lino n'ekifo kyalyo byombi bituumiddwa erinnya lya J. Dickens, eyafiira mu lutalo lw'e Alamo.[4]

Enkula y’ensi

Okusinziira ku kitongole kya U.S. Census Bureau, essaza lino lyonna awamu liweza square miles 905 (2,340 km2), nga ku zino square miles 902 (2,340 km2) za ttaka ate square miles 3.5 (9.1 km2) (0.4%) zibikkiddwa amazzi.[5]

Enguudo ennene

Oluguudo lwa U.S. Highway 82 / Oluguudo lwa State Highway 114
Oluguudo lwa State Highway 70
Oluguudo lwa State Highway 208
Luupu 21
Loop 120 (Ekitundu 120).

Amasaza agaliraanyewo

Motley County (obukiikakkono) .
King County (ebuvanjuba) .
Kent County (obukiikadyo) .
Crosby County (obugwanjuba) .
Garza County (obugwanjuba bw’obukiikadyo) .
Floyd County (obukiikakkono bw’obugwanjuba) .
Cottle County (obukiikakkono bw’obuvanjuba) .
Stonewall County (obukiikadyo bw’obuvanjuba) .

Ebikwata ku bungi bw’abantu

Okusengeka kw'abantu okusinziira ku nnyiriri n'enganda

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Template:Sronly	%±
1880	28		—
1890	295		953.6%
1900	1,151		290.2%
1910	3,092		168.6%
1920	5,876		90.0%
1930	8,601		46.4%
1940	7,847		−8.8%
1950	7,177		−8.5%
1960	4,963		−30.8%
1970	3,737		−24.7%
1980	3,539		−5.3%
1990	2,571		−27.4%
2000	2,762		7.4%
2010	2,444		−11.5%
2020	1,770		−27.6%
2025 (est.)	1,692	^[1]	−4.4%
U.S. Decennial Census^[2] 1850–2010^[3] 2010^[4] 2020^[5]

Racial and ethnic composition

**Dickens 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.*
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000^[6]	Pop 2010^[4]	Pop 2020^[5]	% 2000	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	1,857	1,590	1,178	67.23%	65.06%	66.55%
Black or African American alone (NH)	223	92	18	8.07%	3.76%	1.02%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	3	21	0	0.11%	0.86%	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	3	18	1	0.11%	0.74%	0.06%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	0	2	0.04%	0.00%	0.11%
Other race alone (NH)	3	0	7	0.11%	0.00%	0.40%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	12	15	52	0.43%	0.61%	2.94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	660	708	512	23.90%	28.97%	28.93%
Total	2,762	2,444	1,770	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Okubala abantu okwa 2020

Okubala abantu okwakolebwa mu 2020, essaza lino lyalimu abantu 1,770. Emyaka egya wakati gyali gya myaka 47.3. Abatuuze 22.7% baali wansi w’emyaka 18 ate 25.4% ku batuuze baali ba myaka 65 n’okudda waggulu. Ku buli bakazi 100 waaliwo abasajja 96.7, ate ku buli bakazi 100 ab’emyaka 18 n’okudda waggulu waaliwo abasajja 95.3 ab’emyaka 18 n’okudda waggulu.[12]

Amawanga mu ssaza lino gaali 77.0% Abazungu, 1.7% Abaddugavu oba Abafirika Abamerika, 0.7% Abayindi ab’Amerika n’Abaalaska, 0.1% Ba Asia, 0.1% Bannansi ba Hawaii ne Pacific Islander, 9.2% okuva mu ggwanga eddala, ne 11.2% okuva mu mawanga abiri oba okusingawo. Abatuuze aba Hispanic oba Latino ab'amawanga gonna baali 28.9% ku bantu.[13]

<0.1% ku batuuze baali babeera mu bibuga, ate 100.0% baali babeera mu byalo.[14]

Mu ssaza lino mwalimu amaka 778, nga ku gano 28.5% gaali galina abaana abali wansi w’emyaka 18 nga babeeramu. Ku maka gonna, 49.1% gaali maka agalimu abafumbo, 21.7% gaali maka agalimu nnannyini maka omusajja era nga tewali mufumbo oba munne, ate 24.8% gaali maka agalimu nnannyini nnyumba omukazi era nga tewali mufumbo oba munne. Ebitundu nga 30.7% ku maka gonna gaali ga bantu ssekinnoomu ate 16.9% gaali galina omuntu abeera yekka ng’alina emyaka 65 n’okudda waggulu.[12]

Amayumba gaali 1,165, nga ku gano 33.2% gaali kyerere. Mu mayumba agaali gatudde, 76.2% gaali ga bannannyini byo ate 23.8% gaali ga bapangisa. Omuwendo gw’ebifo eby’abalina amaka gwali 0.2% ate omuwendo gw’ebifo eby’okupangisa gwali 7.5%.[12]

Okubala abantu okwa 2000

Okusinziira ku kubala abantu[15] okwa 2000, abantu 2,762, amaka 980, n'amaka 638 be baali babeera mu ssaza lino. Omuwendo gw’abantu gwali abantu 3 buli square mile (abantu 1.2/km2). Amayumba gano 1,368 gaali ga buli square mile 2 (0.77/km2). Amawanga 77.62% mu ssaza lino gaali 77.62% Abazungu, 8.18% Abafirika Abamerika, 0.36% Bannansi ba Amerika, 0.11% Ba Asia, 0.25% Ba Pacific Islander, 12.35% okuva mu mawanga amalala, ne 1.12% okuva mu mawanga abiri oba okusingawo. Ebitundu nga 23.90% ku bantu baali ba Hispanic oba Latino ab’amawanga gonna.

Ku maka 980, 23.10% gaali n’abaana abali wansi w’emyaka 18 ababeera nabo, 54.60% baali bafumbo ababeera awamu, 7.90% gaali galina nnannyini nnyumba omukyala nga talina mwami, ate 34.80% tegaali maka. Ebitundu nga 32.40% ku maka gonna gaali ga bantu ssekinnoomu, ate 17.60% gaali galina omuntu abeera yekka ng’alina emyaka 65 n’okudda waggulu. Omuwendo gw’amaka ogwa wakati gwali 2.29 ate ogw’amaka gwali 2.89.

Mu ssaza lino, omuwendo gw’abantu gwagabanyizibwa nga 18.50% abali wansi w’emyaka 18, 10.40% okuva ku 18 okutuuka ku 24, 29.70% okuva ku 25 okutuuka ku 44, 22.40% okuva ku 45 okutuuka ku 64, ne 19.00% abaali wakati w’emyaka 65 n’okudda waggulu. Emyaka egya wakati gyali gya myaka 39. Ku buli bakazi 100, abasajja baali 130.70. Ku buli bakazi 100 ab’emyaka 18 n’okudda waggulu, abasajja baali 141.90.Enyingiza ya wakati mu maka mu ssaza lino yali doola 25,898, ate mu maka yali doola 32,500. Abasajja baali bafuna ddoola 25,000 okusinziira ku ddoola 18,571 ku bakazi. Enyingiza ya buli muntu mu ssaza lino yali doola 13,156. Amaka nga 14.10% n’abantu 17.40% baali wansi w’omuggo gw’obwavu, nga kuliko 21.30% ku abo abali wansi w’emyaka 18 ne 18.20% ku abo abali wansi w’emyaka 65 n’okudda waggulu.

Ebitundu

Ebibuga

Dickens (entebe y'essaza)
Spur

Ebitundu ebitali bitongole

Afton
McAdoo

Abantu ab’amaanyiddwa

Red McCombs, omusuubuzi era nnannyini frankisa y’ebyemizannyo

Okusoma

Waliwo disitulikiti z'amasomero bbiri mu ssaza lino: Patton Springs Independent School District ne Spur Independent School District.[16]

Olukiiko lw'ababaka ba Texas lwalonda essaza lino nga eri mu Western Texas College District.[17]

Obukulembeze obulondeddwa

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Legislative Representation	Name	Service
United States Congress, District 13	Ronny Jackson	2021 – Present
State Senator, District 28	Charles Perry	2014 – Present
State Representative, District 83	Dustin Burrows	January 1, 2023 – Present

County Elected Leadership	Name	Service
County Judge	Kevin Brendle	2015 – present
County Commissioner Pct 1	Dennis Wyatt	2017 – present
County Commissioner Pct 2	Mike Smith	2015 – present
County Commissioner Pct 3	Chris Horn	2025 – present
County Commissioner Pct 4	Greg Arnold	2023 – present
110th District Attorney	Emily Teegardin (Silverton)	2023 – present
District & County Clerk	Danay Carnes	2022 – present
County Sheriff	Jay Allen	2025 – present
County Attorney	Aaron Clements	2018 – present
County Tax Assessor-collector	Rhonda Brendle	2025 – present
County Treasurer	Brandi Abbott	2023 – present
Justice of the Peace	Stella Carter	2023 – present

Ebyobufuzi

Oluvannyuma lw’okuddamu okugabanyaamu disitulikiti oluvannyuma lw’okubala abantu okwakolebwa mu 2020, okutandika nga January 1, 2023, Dickens County eri mu Texas House of Representatives District 83, ng’ekiikirirwa omubaka wa Republican Dustin Burrows, munnamateeka okuva e Lubbock. Dickens County emabegako yali mu House District 68. Mu lukiiko lwa Texas Senate, Dickens County mu kiseera kino eri mu District 28, ng’ekiikirirwa Charles Perry owa Republican.

Okufaananako n’ekitundu ekinene ekya West Texas, Dickens kati yeesigamye nnyo mu kibiina kya Republican, n’awa Hillary Clinton obululu obutawera 15% mu 2016, wadde nga yawagira bba, Bill Clinton, mu byombi 1992 ne 1996, mu kulonda okwaliwo n’amuwagira digito bbiri okusinga omutuuze w’e Texas George H.W. Ensiko. Wabula mu byafaayo, county eno yeesigamye nnyo ku Democratic, nga emabegako yatuuka n’okukuba akalulu ku Ronald Reagan mu kubumbulukuka kw’ettaka kwombi okwa 1980 ne 1984, n’okukuba mutabani we enzaalwa Dwight D. Eisenhower mu 1952 ne 1956.

Laba ne

Olukalala lw’ebifo eby’ebyafaayo mu Dickens County, Texas
Ebiwandiiko Ebikwata ku byafaayo bya Texas mu Dickens County

Amagombolola g’e Texas

↑ "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2025". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
↑ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade". US Census Bureau.
↑ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
1 2 "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dickens County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
1 2 "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dickens County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
↑ "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Dickens County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
↑ "Counties: Dickens - Texas State Directory Online".

[USCensusEst2025-1] "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2025". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

[DecennialCensus-2] "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade". US Census Bureau.

[3] "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2015.

[2010CensusP2-4] 1 2 "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dickens County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.

[2020CensusP2-5] 1 2 "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dickens County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.

[2000CensusP004-6] "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Dickens County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.

[7] "Counties: Dickens - Texas State Directory Online".

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