Racial and ethnic composition 2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 12,518. Of the residents, 19.0% were under the age of 18 and 15.2% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 40.8 years. For every 100 females there were 140.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 151.1 males. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas. The racial makeup of the county was 69.9% White, 21.0%
Black or African American, 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
Asian, 0.0%
Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander, 4.3% from some other race, and 3.6% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 16.3% of the population. There were 3,993 households in the county, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 28.0% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. Of those households, 2,685 were families; about 27.3% were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 4,660 housing units, of which 14.3% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 74.3% were owner-occupied and 25.7% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.9%. ==Education==