Randall County, Texas

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Randall County
County
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The Randall County Courthouse in 2011
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Seal
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Location within the U.S. state of Texas
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Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 34°58′N101°54′W / 34.97°N 101.9°W / 34.97; -101.9
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Texas.svg  Texas
Founded1889
Named for Horace Randal
Seat Canyon
Largest city Amarillo
Area
 • Total922 sq mi (2,390 km2)
 • Land912 sq mi (2,360 km2)
 • Water11 sq mi (30 km2)  1.2%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total140,753
 • Density150/sq mi (59/km2)
Time zone UTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district 13th
Website www.randallcounty.com

Randall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 140,753. [1] Its county seat is Canyon. [2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1889. [3] It is named for Horace Randal, a Confederate brigadier general killed at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. The reason the county name differs from his is because the bill creating the county misspelled Randal's name.

Contents

Randall County, alongside adjacent Potter County is part of the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area.

At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, which reached into six counties, held acreage in Randall County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 922 square miles (2,390 km2), of which 912 square miles (2,360 km2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km2) (1.2%) is covered by water. [4]

Palo Duro Canyon, the second-largest canyon in the United States, is located in Randall County.

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880 3—
1890 1876,133.3%
1900 963415.0%
1910 3,312243.9%
1920 3,67511.0%
1930 7,07192.4%
1940 7,1851.6%
1950 13,77491.7%
1960 33,913146.2%
1970 53,88558.9%
1980 75,06239.3%
1990 89,67319.5%
2000 104,31216.3%
2010 120,72515.7%
2020 140,75316.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]
1850–2010 [6] 2010 [7] 2020 [8]
Randall County, Texas - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / EthnicityPop 2010 [7] Pop 2020 [8] % 2010% 2020
White alone (NH)94,36195,45778.16%67.82%
Black or African American alone (NH)2,7014,5672.24%3.24%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)5867940.49%0.56%
Asian alone (NH)1,6252,6041.35%1.85%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)29540.02%0.04%
Some Other Race alone (NH)934120.08%0.29%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)1,5555,2821.29%3.75%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)19,77531,58316.38%22.44%
Total120,725140,753100.00%100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

As of the census [9] of 2000, 104,312 people, 41,240 households, and 28,785 families resided in the county. The population density was 114 people per square mile (44 people/km2). The 43,261 housing units averaged 47 units per square mile (18/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 90.44% White, 1.50% Black or African American, 0.65% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 4.71% from other races, and 1.64% from two or more races. About 10.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 41,240 households, 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were married couples living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were not families; 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49, and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was distributed as 26.10% under the age of 18, 11.20% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,712, and for a family was $52,420. Males had a median income of $36,333 versus $25,358 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,840. About 5.70% of families and 8.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.50% of those under age 18 and 6.60% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Although once more Democratic-leaning, the county has become solidly Republican. The Republican candidate has carried the county in every presidential election since 1952, usually by overwhelming margins. [10] In the last thirteen elections, no Republican candidate has received less than 61% of the county's vote, [11] and since 2000, Randall has been the nation's most Republican "metropolitan" county outside of predominantly Mormon counties in Utah. [12]

Randall County was one of the more than 200 counties in Texas to cast the majority of its votes for Republican John McCain. McCain received 41,895 votes, which was 81% of the total, while Democrat Barack Obama received 9,461 votes, or 18% of the total, far below his national percentage.

United States presidential election results for Randall County, Texas [13]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 50,79678.54%12,80219.79%1,0761.66%
2016 43,46280.03%8,36715.41%2,4764.56%
2012 41,44783.40%7,57415.24%6751.36%
2008 41,94880.93%9,46818.27%4160.80%
2004 40,52083.40%7,84916.15%2180.45%
2000 33,92181.17%7,20917.25%6601.58%
1996 28,26671.33%9,17723.16%2,1845.51%
1992 24,97161.60%9,11922.50%6,44715.90%
1988 27,98676.33%8,49223.16%1880.51%
1984 30,24983.08%6,04416.60%1160.32%
1980 23,13673.72%7,32323.34%9232.94%
1976 17,11564.53%9,07434.21%3351.26%
1972 18,55783.13%3,47015.54%2961.33%
1968 11,40061.32%4,06021.84%3,13216.85%
1964 7,84356.50%6,01643.34%220.16%
1960 6,95867.76%3,28231.96%290.28%
1956 4,60962.28%2,77437.49%170.23%
1952 4,30569.28%1,90530.66%40.06%
1948 72226.05%1,93669.84%1144.11%
1944 40919.34%1,43968.04%26712.62%
1940 38217.67%1,77982.28%10.05%
1936 1427.87%1,65691.80%60.33%
1932 23114.10%1,39485.10%130.79%
1928 73352.66%65947.34%00.00%
1924 15418.22%62774.20%647.57%
1920 18333.21%36065.34%81.45%
1916 6314.93%34180.81%184.27%
1912 216.34%26981.27%4112.39%

Communities

Cities

Towns

Villages

Unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Education

School districts include: [14]

All of the county is in the service area of Amarillo College. [15]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Randall County, Texas". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  6. ↑ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Randall County, Texas". United States Census Bureau .
  8. 1 2 "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Randall County, Texas". United States Census Bureau .
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  10. ↑ "Presidential election of 1952 - Map by counties". geoelections.free.fr. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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  12. ↑ ‘100 Most Republican Counties in 2000 Presidential Election’; The American Statesman, September 17, 2004
  13. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  14. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Randall County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022. - list
  15. ↑ Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.164. AMARILLO COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA..

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