2022 population: 16,686 ( 235 from 2010 , 243 from 2020)
Land area: 905.4 square miles
Population density: 18.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	8,349	50.04%	14.6%
Black:	731	4.38%	4.3%
Indian:	77	0.46%	63.8%
Asian:	120	0.72%	140.0%
2+ races:	258	1.55%	104.8%
Hispanic:	7,151	42.86%	16.3%

Total non-White:	8,337	49.96%	16.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	475	14.0
Deaths:	501	14.8
Net Migration:	-261	-7.7
Net Immigration:	28	0.8

Change in White population:	-1,424	-8.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,189	7.0

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
16,921
9,773	57.76%
764	4.52%
47	0.28%
50	0.30%
126	0.74%
6,149	36.34%
7,148	42.24%

2000
16,361
10,672	65.23%
984	6.01%
50	0.31%
36	0.22%
74	0.45%
4,544	27.77%
5,689	34.77%

1990
18,634
13,360	71.70%
966	5.18%
53	0.28%
34	0.18%
n/a
4,221	22.65%
5,274	28.30%

1980
18,192
14,075	77.37%
658	3.62%
43	0.24%
20	0.11%
n/a
3,390	18.63%
4,117	22.63%

1970
15,760
13,238	84.00%
588	3.73%
14	0.09%
2	0.01%
n/a
1,861	11.81%
2,522	16.00%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
2,148	13.1
1,506	9.2
-860	-5.3
153	0.9

-899	-5.5
1,459	8.9

Number	Rate
1990's
2,379	12.8
1,715	9.2
-2,327	-12.5
268	1.4

-2,688	-14.4
415	2.2

Number	Rate
1980's
3,537	19.4
1,654	9.1
-1,339	-7.4
n/a

-715	-3.9
1,157	6.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
870	5.5
n/a

837	5.3
1,595	10.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Scurry 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
36.2
4,273	25.6%
12,413	74.4%
2,530	15.2%

5,693
2.62

3,734	65.6%
3,038	81.4%
205	5.5%
1,959	34.4%

2010
Number	Percent
36.8
4,234	25.0%
12,687	75.0%
2,383	14.1%

5,838
2.60

4,137	70.9%
3,155	76.3%
408	9.9%
1,701	29.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
4,101	25.1%
12,260	74.9%
2,511	15.3%

5,749
2.56

4,152	72.2%
3,401	81.9%
345	8.3%
1,597	27.8%

1990
Number	Percent
31.7
5,645	30.3%
12,989	69.7%
2,409	12.9%

6,394
2.77

4,833	75.6%
4,266	88.3%
326	6.7%
1,561	24.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.9
5,490	30.2%
12,702	69.8%
2,208	12.1%

6,444
2.77

5,173	80.3%
4,644	89.8%
242	4.7%
1,271	19.7%

2022 Housing Data for Scurry County, TX

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	155	2.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	238	4.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	159	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	329	5.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	197	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	404	7.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	107	1.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	612	10.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	300	5.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	366	6.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	496	8.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	364	6.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	666	11.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	441	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	538	9.5%
$200,000 or more	321	5.6%

Median Household Income	58,932
Per Capita Income	28,549

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	89
Compared to U.S.	77

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	213	3.7%
Public Assistance	82	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	369	6.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,819	62.1%
Unemployed	45	0.7%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	3,864	62.9%
Not in Labor Force	2,283	37.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		37.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,050	1,441	67.9%
Non-Profit	106	159	40.0%
Self-Employed	369	493	42.8%

Local Government	215	389	35.6%
State Government	72	310	18.8%
Federal Government	173	131	56.9%

Total Private + Self	3,419	1,934	63.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	566	989	36.4%
Total	3,985	2,923	57.7%

Pct. Govt.	18.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	824	11.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,473	21.3%
Professional, Technical	886	12.8%
Service Occupations	1,446	20.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	126	1.8%
All others	2,284	33.0%

White Collar		46.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	974	14.1%
Retail trade	704	10.2%
Educational services	633	9.2%
Health care and social assistance	562	8.1%
Public administration	560	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	514	7.4%
Manufacturing	492	7.1%
Construction	433	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	364	5.3%
Other services	359	5.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	282	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	221	3.2%
Wholesale trade	214	3.1%
Utilities	171	2.5%
Finance and insurance	170	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	109	1.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	75	1.1%
Information	49	0.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	27	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,346	37.59%
Puerto Rican	48	0.28%
Cuban	9	0.05%
Dominican	4	0.02%

Total Central American	158	0.94%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	1	0.01%
Honduran	29	0.17%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	128	0.76%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	5	0.03%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	5	0.03%
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	532	3.15%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	41	0.24%
Vietnamese	40	0.24%
Chinese	13	0.08%
Indonesian	9	0.05%
Japanese	1	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	11,938	75.5%
Spanish	3,778	23.9%
Vietnamese	40	0.3%
Other Asian	28	0.2%
Chinese	11	0.1%
German, other Germanic	8	0.1%
Tagalog	7	0.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6	0.0%
French, Haitian, Cajun	4	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	1,435	8.5%
English	1,063	6.3%
Irish	1,027	6.1%
German	846	5.0%
Scottish	225	1.3%
Italian	181	1.1%
French	151	0.9%
Lebanese	101	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	101	0.6%
European	97	0.6%
Czech	61	0.4%
Norwegian	50	0.3%
British	39	0.2%
Jamaican	28	0.2%
Austrian	27	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	16,403	97.2%
Not a citizen	480	2.8%

Native	15,843	93.8%
Foreign-born	1,040	6.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
867	7.9%	850	7.7%	3,632	32.9%	3,634	32.9%	1,492	13.5%	555	5.0%
Average years of education: 12.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	867	7.9%
9-12 Years	850	7.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,632	32.9%
Some College	3,634	32.9%
Bach. Degree	1,492	13.5%
Grad Degree	555	5.0%
Average years of education: 12.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	8,066	7,707	359	4.5%	6.4%
1991	8,158	7,749	409	5.0%	7.0%
1992	8,159	7,487	672	8.2%	7.7%
1993	7,866	7,367	499	6.3%	7.2%
1994	8,206	7,705	501	6.1%	6.6%
1995	7,916	7,546	370	4.7%	6.1%
1996	7,834	7,484	350	4.5%	5.8%
1997	8,128	7,757	371	4.6%	5.4%
1998	8,099	7,658	441	5.4%	5.0%
1999	7,427	6,824	603	8.1%	4.7%

2000	7,247	6,894	353	4.9%	4.4%
2001	7,238	6,857	381	5.3%	5.0%
2002	7,033	6,596	437	6.2%	6.3%
2003	7,258	6,820	438	6.0%	6.7%
2004	7,216	6,824	392	5.4%	6.0%
2005	7,126	6,768	358	5.0%	5.5%
2006	7,114	6,776	338	4.8%	5.0%
2007	7,293	7,013	280	3.8%	4.4%
2008	7,548	7,245	303	4.0%	4.9%
2009	7,784	7,262	522	6.7%	7.5%

2010	7,111	6,625	486	6.8%	8.2%
2011	7,398	6,965	433	5.9%	8.0%
2012	8,100	7,740	360	4.4%	6.7%
2013	8,547	8,189	358	4.2%	6.3%
2014	8,598	8,308	290	3.4%	5.2%
2015	8,170	7,829	341	4.2%	4.5%
2016	7,410	6,973	437	5.9%	4.6%
2017	6,986	6,682	304	4.4%	4.3%
2018	6,926	6,690	236	3.4%	3.9%
2019	6,658	6,443	215	3.2%	3.5%

2020	6,251	5,739	512	8.2%	7.6%
2021	6,145	5,741	404	6.6%	5.6%
2022	6,283	6,023	260	4.1%	3.9%
2023	6,324	6,065	259	4.1%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	6,908
Median Value	$109,400

Occupied	5,693	82.4%
Vacant	1,215	17.6%

Owned	4,603	80.9%
Rented	1,090	19.1%
Median Rent	$1,025

Single-Family Units	5,840	84.5%
Detached	5,820	84.3%
Attached	20	0.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	201	2.9%
Mobile Homes	503	7.3%

Scurry County, TX

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Scurry County, TX

2022 Housing Data for Scurry County, TX

2022 Income & Employment Data for Scurry County, TX

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Scurry County, TX

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Scurry County, TX

Historical Labor Force Data for Scurry County, TX