| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 806 / 940 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:52 PM |
| Population: | 6,806 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48075 |
| Land Area: | 1,155 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 20 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.3736, -100.3311 |
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6,806 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 1,155 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 7,126 to 6,806 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.5% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79201 (Childress, $58,438 median) and poorest ZIP 79201 (Childress, $58,438) are 0.0 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Within Texas, this is the #187 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #189 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $58,438 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
11.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (567 of 4,825 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.