Demographic Profile for Brooks County, Texas
Since 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Brooks from another country. The international migration into Brooks accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Texas. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.
Brooks County, Texas has a population that is made up of 8.3 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 91.3 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 91.6 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Brooks has increased the percent of minority population when 91.4 percent of the people were minorities.
Brooks County, Texas had a total estimated population of 7,687 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 7,955. The decline shows a decrease of -3.4 percent. Brooks ranks 211 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 2,455 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Brooks County, Texas to be 34.8 years old. The median age in Brooks is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 34.7 years of age. With 29.9 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Brooks can be understood as having a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 54.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.
When calculating the total land area, Brooks extends a total area of 943 total square miles. The area has a very low average population density of 8 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Knox, NE (8 per sq. mile ), Box Elder, UT (8 per sq. mile ), Reynolds, MO (8 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Blaine, ID (8 per sq. mile ), Mercer, ND (8 per sq. mile ), Norman, MN (8 per sq. mile ).
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Brooks County, Texas has a population that is made up of 8.3 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 91.3 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 91.6 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Brooks has increased the percent of minority population when 91.4 percent of the people were minorities.
Brooks County, Texas had a total estimated population of 7,687 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 7,955. The decline shows a decrease of -3.4 percent. Brooks ranks 211 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 2,455 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.
In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Brooks County, Texas to be 34.8 years old. The median age in Brooks is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 34.7 years of age. With 29.9 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Brooks can be understood as having a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 54.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.
When calculating the total land area, Brooks extends a total area of 943 total square miles. The area has a very low average population density of 8 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Knox, NE (8 per sq. mile ), Box Elder, UT (8 per sq. mile ), Reynolds, MO (8 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Blaine, ID (8 per sq. mile ), Mercer, ND (8 per sq. mile ), Norman, MN (8 per sq. mile ).
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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