Scurry County, TX

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2022 Population

16,883

0.601% 1-year decline

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

36.2

0.275% 1-year decrease

2022 Poverty Rate

11.8%

10.5% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$58,932

10.4% 1-year growth

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Scurry County, TX are White (Non-Hispanic) (50.5%), White (Hispanic) (23.7%), Other (Hispanic) (11%), Two+ (Hispanic) (7.24%), and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (3.64%).

None of the households in Scurry County, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.2% of the residents in Scurry County, TX are U.S. citizens.

Most people in Scurry County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Scurry County, TX was 2 cars per household.

Scurry County, TX borders Borden County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Garza County, TX, Kent County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, and Nolan County, TX.

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Economy

The economy of Scurry County, TX employs 6.91k people. The largest industries in Scurry County, TX are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (974 people), Retail Trade (704 people), and Educational Services (633 people), and the highest paying industries are Finance & Insurance ($93,587), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($76,300), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($59,397).

Employment

Occupations

6.91k

2022 Value

± 691

3.71%

1 Year growth

± 14%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Scurry County, TX, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (952 people), Management Occupations (715 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (685 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Scurry County, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

6.91k

2022 Value

± 691

3.71%

1 Year growth

± 14%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Scurry County, TX, are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (974 people), Retail Trade (704 people), and Educational Services (633 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Scurry County, TX, though some of these residents may live in Scurry County, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$47,313

Median earning men ± $5,661

$27,955

Median earning women ± $2,764

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($83,750), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($75,391), and Information ($55,673).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($93,152), Manufacturing ($44,125), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($42,455).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

31
Other Services (except Public Administration)
22
Retail Trade
21
Construction

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Scurry County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 84.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (13.9%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.903%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (84.9%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (13.9%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.903%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Scurry County, TX for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

Ted Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Scurry County, TX awarded 345 degrees. The student population of Scurry County, TX in 2022 is skewed towards men, with 705 male students and 687 female students.

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in false were N/A.

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Scurry County, TX have an average commute time of 18.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Scurry County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Scurry County, TX is $58,932. In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income in Scurry County, TX was Census Tract 9502 with a value of $79,432, followed by Census Tract 9503 and Census Tract 9501, with respective values of $73,696 and $49,549.

Rent vs Own

N/A%

Homeownership

N/A

59.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Scurry County, TX compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 9502
Census Tract 9503
Census Tract 9501

In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Scurry County, TX was Census Tract 9502 with a value of $79,432, followed by Census Tract 9503 and Census Tract 9501, with respective values of $73,696 and $49,549.

The following map shows all of the tracts in Scurry County, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$58,932

Median Household Income

± $12,603

N/A

Number of Households

± 0

The following chart displays the households in Scurry County, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Scurry County, TX is from Scurry County, TX.

N/A Wage GINI in N/A

In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Scurry County, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (81.3%)
Carpooled (12.4%)
Worked At Home (3.03%)

In 2022, 81.3% of workers in Scurry County, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.4%) and those who worked at home (3.03%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

18.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Scurry County, TX have a shorter commute time (18.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 5.28% of the workforce in Scurry County, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Scurry County, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Scurry County, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Scurry County, TX have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

11.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Scurry County, TX (1.76k out of 14.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 35 - 44, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Scurry County, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

80.9% of the population of Scurry County, TX has health coverage, with 43.9% on employee plans, 13% on Medicaid, 12.7% on Medicare, 11.2% on non-group plans, and 0.104% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Scurry County, TX see 1515 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.198% decrease from the previous year (1518 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 2103 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 4206 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

1,515 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Scurry County, TX

Primary care physicians in Scurry County, TX see an average of 1,515 patients per year. This represents a 0.198% decrease from the previous year (1,518 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Scurry County, TX in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

19.1%

Uninsured

43.9%

Employer Coverage

13%

Medicaid

12.7%

Medicare

11.2%

Non-Group

0.104%

Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Scurry County, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Scurry County, TX.

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