Roberts County, Texas
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Congressional district | 13th |
Website | www |
Roberts County is a
History
The
In 1876, Roberts County was carved from
Roberts County is the scene of a recent battle for
Geography
According to the
The county is relatively flat except for the Canadian River valley. Most of the land is used for cattle ranching. The county contains the 68,000-acre (280 km2) Mesa Vista Ranch, which seeks to protect quail, dove, and pheasant habitat along the creek beds south of the Canadian River.[8]
Major highways
Adjacent counties
- Ochiltree County (north)
- Lipscomb County northeast)
- Hemphill County (east)
- Gray County (south)
- Carson County (southwest)
- Hutchinson County (west)
- Hansford County (northwest)
- Wheeler County (southeast)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1880 | 32 | — | |
1890 | 326 | 918.8% | |
1900 | 620 | 90.2% | |
1910 | 950 | 53.2% | |
1920 | 1,469 | 54.6% | |
1930 | 1,457 | −0.8% | |
1940 | 1,289 | −11.5% | |
1950 | 1,031 | −20.0% | |
1960 | 1,075 | 4.3% | |
1970 | 967 | −10.0% | |
1980 | 1,187 | 22.8% | |
1990 | 1,025 | −13.6% | |
2000 | 887 | −13.5% | |
2010 | 929 | 4.7% | |
2020 | 827 | −11.0% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] 1850–2010[10] 2010[11] 2020[12] |
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[11] | Pop 2020[12] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
White alone (NH)
|
929 | 717 | 90.53% | 86.70% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0.24% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
3 | 2 | 0.32% | 0.24% |
Asian alone (NH) | 2 | 0 | 0.22% | 0.00% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 9 | 55 | 0.97% | 6.65% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 74 | 50 | 7.97% | 6.05% |
Total | 929 | 827 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
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 can be of any race.
As of the
Of the 362 households, 31.8% had children under 18 living with them, 70.7% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were not families. About 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.45, and the average family size was 2.88.
In the county, the age distribution was 25.0% under 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.30 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $44,792, and for a family was $50,400. Males had a median income of $33,125 versus $23,611 for females. The
The largest self-reported ancestry groups in Roberts County, Texas are:[14]
- 23.7% English
- 18.4% German
- 15.2% Irish
- 8.8% American
- 2.0% Scots-Irish
- 1.0% Polish
- 1.0% Russian
- 0.9% Czech
- 0.9% Welsh
- 0.7% Dutch
- 0.5% French
Government and politics
Roberts County was one of the earliest counties in Texas to turn Republican. The last Democrat to win the county in a presidential election was Harry S. Truman in 1948, when he carried nearly 76% of its ballots. No Democrat has since exceeded the 40% of the vote that Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson won in the county in his 1964 national landslide. Jimmy Carter in 1976 was the last Democrat to win even 30% of the county's vote, Bill Clinton in 1996 to win 20%, and Al Gore in 2000 to win just 10%.
In recent years, Roberts County has become almost unanimously Republican. In 2008, 92% of voters voted for Republican John McCain versus only 7.92% for Democrat Barack Obama, making it one of the most Republican counties in the United States.[15] In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 94.58% of the vote,[16] the largest margin in a county for a Republican in the U.S. that election.[17][18][19] Roberts was again Trump's strongest county in 2020, and he won it by an even stronger margin: 96.2%.
The county is governed by an elected county judge and four commissioners (each elected by a precinct within the county).[20]
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 529 | 96.18% | 17 | 3.09% | 4 | 0.73% |
2016 | 524 | 94.58% | 20 | 3.61% | 10 | 1.81% |
2012 | 468 | 92.13% | 33 | 6.50% | 7 | 1.38% |
2008 | 477 | 92.08% | 41 | 7.92% | 0 | 0.00% |
2004 | 461 | 90.93% | 46 | 9.07% | 0 | 0.00% |
2000 | 472 | 85.97% | 72 | 13.11% | 5 | 0.91% |
1996 | 421 | 72.09% | 122 | 20.89% | 41 | 7.02% |
1992 | 391 | 63.37% | 126 | 20.42% | 100 | 16.21% |
1988 | 441 | 75.90% | 135 | 23.24% | 5 | 0.86% |
1984 | 539 | 83.57% | 106 | 16.43% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 482 | 75.08% | 150 | 23.36% | 10 | 1.56% |
1976 | 350 | 62.28% | 202 | 35.94% | 10 | 1.78% |
1972 | 467 | 84.91% | 71 | 12.91% | 12 | 2.18% |
1968 | 311 | 60.51% | 90 | 17.51% | 113 | 21.98% |
1964 | 297 | 60.00% | 198 | 40.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 339 | 76.18% | 104 | 23.37% | 2 | 0.45% |
1956 | 279 | 69.92% | 118 | 29.57% | 2 | 0.50% |
1952 | 379 | 80.64% | 91 | 19.36% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 76 | 18.18% | 317 | 75.84% | 25 | 5.98% |
1944 | 89 | 21.29% | 289 | 69.14% | 40 | 9.57% |
1940 | 55 | 11.80% | 408 | 87.55% | 3 | 0.64% |
1936 | 27 | 5.96% | 426 | 94.04% | 0 | 0.00% |
1932 | 36 | 7.33% | 451 | 91.85% | 4 | 0.81% |
1928 | 243 | 70.03% | 104 | 29.97% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 104 | 29.97% | 241 | 69.45% | 2 | 0.58% |
1920 | 60 | 25.10% | 173 | 72.38% | 6 | 2.51% |
1916 | 27 | 10.76% | 220 | 87.65% | 4 | 1.59% |
1912 | 16 | 6.75% | 183 | 77.22% | 38 | 16.03% |
Communities
See also
- Dry counties
- List of museums in the Texas Panhandle
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Roberts County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Roberts County
References
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- ^ "Wet/Dry Status of Texas Counties". June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Roberts County, Texas". Genealogy, Inc. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ Berfield, Susan (June 12, 2008). "There Will Be Water". Business Week. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ^ "Mesa Vista Ranch" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2010.(11.9MB)
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- ^ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Roberts County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Roberts County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 27, 1996. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "2008 Presidential General Election Results - Roberts County, TX". uselectionatlas.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "2016 Presidential General Election Results – Texas". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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- ^ "Texas Home To 'Reddest County In America'". CBS DFW. November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
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