| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:00 PM |
| Population: | 21,678 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48341 |
| CBSA: | Dumas, TX |
| Land Area: | 825 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.8867, -101.9150 |
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21,678 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 825 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 22,082 to 21,678 from 2014 to 2024 — a -1.8% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost (and 1 held flat).
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79086 (Sunray, $70,648 median) and poorest ZIP 79013 (Cactus, $45,106) are 11.1 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.0× across this county — from $81,500 in 79013 (Cactus) to $161,900 in 79029 (Dumas).
Density varies 41× across the county — from 12 people/sq mi in 79086 (Sunray) to 513 in 79013 (Cactus).
Educational attainment ranges from 2.8% bachelor's+ in 79013 (Cactus) to 24.3% in 79086 (Sunray) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #109 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #178 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $62,794 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
13.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,695 of 12,926 reporting).
4 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.