| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:01 PM |
| Population: | 9,537 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48369 |
| Land Area: | 947 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 4 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.4995, -102.7970 |
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9,537 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 947 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,753 to 9,537 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.2% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79053 (Lazbuddie, $116,750 median) and poorest ZIP 79009 (Bovina, $65,333) are 20.1 miles apart — a 1.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.4× across this county — from $116,300 in 79009 (Bovina) to $163,400 in 79325 (Farwell).
Density varies 9× across the county — from 8 people/sq mi in 79035 (Friona) to 74 in 79053 (Lazbuddie).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.4% bachelor's+ in 79009 (Bovina) to 17.5% in 79325 (Farwell) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #163 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #49 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,152 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
16.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,029 of 6,098 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 1 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.