Jeff Davis County, TX

Designated Market Area: Odessa-Midland, TX
USDA County Type (2015): Government, Recreation/Tourism, Retirement Destination
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Graying America

Places in Jeff Davis County, TX [Sort places by population]

2022 population: 1,903 ( 439 from 2010 , 97 from 2020)
Land area: 2264.5 square miles
Population density: 0.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,171	61.53%	21.4%
Black:	14	0.74%	40.0%
Indian:	24	1.26%	200.0%
Asian:	42	2.21%	425.0%
2+ races:	41	2.15%	17.1%
Hispanic:	611	32.11%	22.7%

Total non-White:	732	38.47%	14.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	34	8.5
Deaths:	75	18.8
Net Migration:	-53	-13.2
Net Immigration:	-3	-0.8

Change in White population:	-319	-13.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	-120	-5.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
2,342
1,490	63.62%
10	0.43%
8	0.34%
8	0.34%
35	1.49%
790	33.73%
852	36.38%

2000
2,207
1,376	62.35%
16	0.72%
6	0.27%
2	0.09%
23	1.04%
783	35.48%
831	37.65%

1990
1,946
1,157	59.46%
5	0.26%
19	0.98%
2	0.10%
n/a
763	39.21%
789	40.54%

1980
1,647
865	52.52%
0	0.00%
2	0.12%
2	0.12%
n/a
777	47.18%
782	47.48%

1970
1,527
563	36.87%
8	0.52%
0	0.00%
0	0.00%
n/a
941	61.62%
964	63.13%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
162	7.3
156	7.1
12	0.5
44	2.0

114	5.2
21	1.0

Number	Rate
1990's
173	8.9
173	8.9
504	25.9
54	2.8

219	11.3
42	2.2

Number	Rate
1980's
228	13.8
146	8.9
211	12.8
n/a

292	17.7
7	0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
25	1.6
n/a

302	19.8
-182	-11.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Jeff Davis County, TX

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
62.0
291	15.3%
1,612	84.7%
831	43.7%

1,095
1.78

507	46.3%
405	79.9%
72	14.2%
588	53.7%

2010
Number	Percent
52.0
464	19.8%
1,878	80.2%
543	23.2%

1,034
2.18

684	66.2%
593	86.7%
33	4.8%
350	33.8%

2000
Number	Percent
42.4
541	24.5%
1,666	75.5%
362	16.4%

895
2.39

629	70.3%
544	86.5%
37	5.9%
266	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
38.7
516	26.5%
1,430	73.5%
369	19.0%

779
2.44

533	68.4%
469	88.0%
31	5.8%
246	31.6%

1980
Number	Percent
33.3
478	29.0%
1,169	71.0%
240	14.6%

612
2.69

469	76.6%
437	93.2%
12	2.6%
143	23.4%

2022 Housing Data for Jeff Davis County, TX

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	81	7.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	142	13.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	31	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	69	6.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	133	12.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	79	7.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	17	1.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	36	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	7	0.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	64	5.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	64	5.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	117	10.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	69	6.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	19	1.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	75	6.8%
$200,000 or more	92	8.4%

Median Household Income	38,125
Per Capita Income	38,603

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	91
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	0	0.0%
Public Assistance	0	0.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	163	14.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	470	62.1%
Unemployed	0	0.0%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	470	62.1%
Not in Labor Force	287	37.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		37.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	210	250	45.7%
Non-Profit	4	0	100.0%
Self-Employed	86	10	89.6%

Local Government	10	77	11.5%
State Government	32	27	54.2%
Federal Government	14	15	48.3%

Total Private + Self	296	260	53.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	60	119	33.5%
Total	356	379	48.4%

Pct. Govt.	23.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	84	11.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	129	17.2%
Professional, Technical	249	33.3%
Service Occupations	146	19.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	9	1.2%
All others	140	18.7%

White Collar		61.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	110	14.7%
Retail trade	110	14.7%
Accommodation and food services	106	14.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	97	13.0%
Transportation and warehousing	94	12.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	71	9.5%
Health care and social assistance	63	8.4%
Public administration	35	4.7%
Construction	32	4.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	10	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	7	0.9%
Manufacturing	5	0.7%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	371	18.62%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	22	1.10%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,478	79.5%
Spanish	346	18.6%
Other	18	1.0%
German, other Germanic	8	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	8	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	403	20.2%
Irish	187	9.4%
German	157	7.9%
American	139	7.0%
Scotch-Irish	84	4.2%
Swedish	63	3.2%
Dutch	57	2.9%
Italian	54	2.7%
European	42	2.1%
Norwegian	41	2.1%
French	28	1.4%
British	20	1.0%
Scottish	9	0.5%
Russian	8	0.4%
South African	8	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,919	96.3%
Not a citizen	73	3.7%

Native	1,772	89.0%
Foreign-born	220	11.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
158	9.7%	75	4.6%	316	19.3%	630	38.6%	204	12.5%	251	15.4%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	158	9.7%
9-12 Years	75	4.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	316	19.3%
Some College	630	38.6%
Bach. Degree	204	12.5%
Grad Degree	251	15.4%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	861	835	26	3.0%	6.4%
1991	1,029	987	42	4.1%	7.0%
1992	1,007	962	45	4.5%	7.7%
1993	1,029	980	49	4.8%	7.2%
1994	1,046	1,008	38	3.6%	6.6%
1995	1,096	1,054	42	3.8%	6.1%
1996	1,164	1,131	33	2.8%	5.8%
1997	1,393	1,364	29	2.1%	5.4%
1998	1,532	1,498	34	2.2%	5.0%
1999	1,862	1,822	40	2.1%	4.7%

2000	1,166	1,121	45	3.9%	4.4%
2001	1,202	1,157	45	3.7%	5.0%
2002	1,275	1,217	58	4.5%	6.3%
2003	1,358	1,302	56	4.1%	6.7%
2004	1,312	1,262	50	3.8%	6.0%
2005	1,208	1,161	47	3.9%	5.5%
2006	1,197	1,148	49	4.1%	5.0%
2007	1,180	1,141	39	3.3%	4.4%
2008	1,193	1,149	44	3.7%	4.9%
2009	1,204	1,147	57	4.7%	7.5%

2010	1,274	1,211	63	4.9%	8.2%
2011	1,249	1,185	64	5.1%	8.0%
2012	1,213	1,154	59	4.9%	6.7%
2013	1,159	1,111	48	4.1%	6.3%
2014	1,146	1,104	42	3.7%	5.2%
2015	1,081	1,045	36	3.3%	4.5%
2016	1,074	1,042	32	3.0%	4.6%
2017	1,066	1,032	34	3.2%	4.3%
2018	1,068	1,037	31	2.9%	3.9%
2019	1,047	1,016	31	3.0%	3.5%

2020	975	925	50	5.1%	7.6%
2021	1,036	991	45	4.3%	5.6%
2022	1,016	981	35	3.4%	3.9%
2023	1,005	973	32	3.2%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,810
Median Value	$167,300

Occupied	1,095	60.5%
Vacant	715	39.5%

Owned	978	89.3%
Rented	117	10.7%
Median Rent	$1,113

Single-Family Units	1,519	83.9%
Detached	1,503	83.0%
Attached	16	0.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	0	0.0%
Mobile Homes	259	14.3%

Jeff Davis County, TX

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Jeff Davis County, TX

2022 Housing Data for Jeff Davis County, TX

2022 Income & Employment Data for Jeff Davis County, TX

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Jeff Davis County, TX

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Jeff Davis County, TX

Historical Labor Force Data for Jeff Davis County, TX