Reagan County, TX

County

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2022 Population

3,308

1.64% 1-year decline

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

8.55% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

7.19%

12.1% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$70,319

11.9% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$123,900

19.7% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Reagan County, TX had a population of 3.31k people with a median age of 33 and a median household income of $70,319. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Reagan County, TX declined from 3,363 to 3,308, a −1.64% decrease and its median household income grew from $62,829 to $70,319, a 11.9% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Reagan County, TX are Other (Hispanic) (32.4%), White (Hispanic) (25.1%), White (Non-Hispanic) (22.5%), Two+ (Hispanic) (12.8%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (2.69%).

None of the households in Reagan 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.

89.2% of the residents in Reagan County, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Reagan County, TX was $123,900, and the homeownership rate was 67.4%.

Most people in Reagan County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 21 minutes. The average car ownership in Reagan County, TX was 2 cars per household.

Reagan County, TX borders Crockett County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Irion County, TX, Midland County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, and Upton County, TX.

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Population & Diversity

Reagan County, TX is home to a population of 3.31k people, from which 89.2% are citizens. As of 2022, 12.4% of Reagan County, TX residents were born outside of the country (411 people).

In 2022, there were 1.29 times more Other (Hispanic) residents (1.07k people) in Reagan County, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 829 White (Hispanic) and 743 White (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

89.2%

2022 Citizenship

88.2%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 89.2% of Reagan County, TX residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Reagan County, TX was 88.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Reagan County, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Reagan County, TX

Other (Hispanic)
1.07k ± 258
White (Hispanic)
829 ± 272
White (Non-Hispanic)
743 ± 148

70.7%

Hispanic Population

2.34k people

70.7% of the people in Reagan County, TX are hispanic (2.34k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Reagan County, TX as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

12.4%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

411 people

14.3%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

481 people

As of 2022, 12.4% of Reagan County, TX residents (411 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Reagan County, TX was 14.3%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Reagan County, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Gulf War (2001-)
17 ± 26
Gulf War (1990s)
17 ± 25
World War II
7 ± 9

Reagan County, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Reagan County, TX employs 1.57k people. The largest industries in Reagan County, TX are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (577 people), Educational Services (169 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (137 people), and the highest paying industries are Transportation & Warehousing ($106,346), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($99,625), and Public Administration ($55,417).

Employment

Occupations

1.57k

2022 Value

± 240

1.49%

1 Year growth

± 21.4%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Reagan County, TX grew at a rate of 1.49%, from 1.55k employees to 1.57k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Reagan County, TX, are Management Occupations (297 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (282 people), and Transportation Occupations (183 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Reagan 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

1.57k

2022 Value

± 240

1.49%

1 Year growth

± 21.4%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Reagan County, TX grew at a rate of 1.49%, from 1.55k employees to 1.57k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Reagan County, TX, are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (577 people), Educational Services (169 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (137 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Reagan County, TX, though some of these residents may live in Reagan County, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$50,727

Median earning men ± $4,901

$33,832

Median earning women ± $7,356

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($106,250), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($82,083), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($53,365).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($47,679), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($33,438), and Retail Trade ($33,272).

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

41
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining
22
Wholesale Trade
20
Other Services, Except Public Administration

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

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Reagan County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 83.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (15.3%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.623%).

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 (83.8%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (15.3%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.623%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Reagan 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

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 2022, 1.59% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.53% 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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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (5.7M), Some college (4.97M), and Bachelors Degree (4.2M).

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

The median property value in Reagan County, TX was $123,900 in 2022, which is 0.44 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $103,500 to $123,900, a 19.7% increase. The homeownership rate in Reagan County, TX is 67.4%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Reagan County, TX have an average commute time of 21 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Reagan County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$123,900

Median Property Value 2022

±$51,965

$735

Median Property Taxes

±$149

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Reagan County, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Reagan County, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

67.4%

Homeownership

2022

64.5%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 67.4% of the housing units in Reagan County, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 68.8%.

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

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Census Tract 9501

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

The following map shows all of the tracts in Reagan 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.

$70,319

Median Household Income

± $9,014

1.09k

Number of Households

± 198

In 2022, the median household income of the 1.09k households in Reagan County, TX grew to $70,319 from the previous year's value of $62,829.

The following chart displays the households in Reagan 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 Reagan County, TX is from Texas.

0.476

2022 Wage GINI in Texas

0.476

2021 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2022, the income inequality in Texas was 0.476 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0231% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Texas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (73.9%)
Carpooled (15.2%)
Walked (5.3%)

In 2022, 73.9% of workers in Reagan County, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (15.2%) and those who walked to work (5.3%).

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

21 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Reagan County, TX have a shorter commute time (21 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 6.16% of the workforce in Reagan County, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Reagan 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 Reagan County, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Reagan County, TX have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.19% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Reagan County, TX (236 out of 3.28k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 18 - 24, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Reagan County, TX is Hispanic, followed by White and Two Or More.

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

83% of the population of Reagan County, TX has health coverage, with 55.8% on employee plans, 10.6% on Medicaid, 5.63% on Medicare, 9.5% on non-group plans, and 1.4% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 56.8% were men and 43.2% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 32.5% under 18 years, 21.4% between 18 and 34 years, 38.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 7.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 56.8% were men and 43.2% were women.

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

Uninsured People

17%

Uninsured

55.8%

Employer Coverage

10.6%

Medicaid

5.63%

Medicare

9.5%

Non-Group

1.4%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Reagan County, TX declined by 10.4% from 19% to 17%.

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