Pecos County, TX has a population of 15,826 people with a median age of 35.4 and a median household income of $51,735. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Pecos County, TX grew from 15,807 to 15,826, a 0.12% increase and its median household income grew from $50,305 to $51,735, a 2.84% increase.
The population of Pecos County, TX is 68.2% Hispanic, 26.4% White, and 4.28% Black. 55.8% of the people in Pecos County, TX speak a non-English language, and 90.6% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Pecos County, TX are Sul Ross State University, with 566 graduates, N/A, with N/A graduates, and N/A, with N/A graduates.
The median property value in Pecos County, TX is $69,800, and the homeownership rate is 71.4%. Most people in Pecos County, TX commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 19.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Pecos County, TX is 2 cars per household.
Pecos County, TX is the 138th most populated county in Texas and borders Brewster County, TX; Crane County, TX; Crockett County, TX; Jeff Davis County, TX; Reeves County, TX; Terrell County, TX; Ward County, TX& 2 more.
The economy of Pecos County, TX employs 6,238 people. The economy of Pecos County, TX is specialized in Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting; and Utilities, which employ respectively 25.22; 2.73; and 2.59 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Pecos County, TX are Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction (930), Retail trade (833), and Construction (606), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($60,741), Transportation & Warehousing ($56,176), and Utilities ($43,795).
Median household income in Pecos County, TX is $51,735. Males in Pecos County, TX have an average income that is 1.82 times higher than the average income of females, which is $30,351. The income inequality of Pecos County, TX (measured using the Gini index) is 0.445 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Pecos County, TX. In Pecos County, TX the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 44 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,814. Newton County, TX has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Texas.
Pecos County, TX is home to a population of 15,826 people, from which 90.6% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Pecos County, TX is composed of 10,789 Hispanic residents (68.2%), 4,176 White residents (26.4%), 677 Black residents (4.28%), 74 Native residents (0.47%), and 60 Two+ residents (0.38%). The most common foreign languages in Pecos County, TX are Spanish (7,567 speakers), German (53 speakers), and Korean (12 speakers), but compared to other places, Pecos County, TX has a relative high number of Spanish (7,567 speakers), German (53 speakers), and Other Native North American (7 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Rio Grande COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (West) PUMA, TX awarded 566 degrees. The student population of Rio Grande COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (West) PUMA, TX is skewed towards females, with 219 male students and 347 female students. Most students in Rio Grande COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (West) PUMA, TX are Hispanic or Latino (352 and 62.2%), followed by White (182 and 32.2%), Black or African American (19 and 3.36%), and Asian (4 and 0.71%). The largest universities in Rio Grande COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (West) PUMA, TX by number of graduates are Sul Ross State University (566 and 100%), N/A (N/A and N/A), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Rio Grande COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (West) PUMA, TX are Other Multidisciplinary Studies (68 and 12%), Criminal Justice - Safety Studies (60 and 10.6%), and General Business Administration & Management (30 and 5.3%). The median tuition costs in Rio Grande COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (West) PUMA, TX are N/A for private four year colleges, and $4,560 and $14,352 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Pecos County, TX is $69,800, which is 0.34 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $68,800 to $69,800, a 1.45% increase. The homeownership rate of Pecos County, TX is 71.4%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Pecos County, TX have an average commute time of 19.3 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Pecos County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.