Racial and ethnic composition 2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 5,402. The median age was 40.3 years, with 27.3% of residents under the age of 18 and 20.5% aged 65 years or older. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.0 males age 18 and over. The racial makeup of the county was 57.4%
White, 2.9%
Black or African American, 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
Asian, 0.1%
Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander, 12.2% from some other race, and 26.9% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 56.8% of the population. Less than 0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas. There were 2,125 households in the county, of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.6% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older., the county had 6,446 people.
Historical population In
1880, only three white men (Richard H. Woolf, Samuel Mobly, and A.S. Presley, all three of whom worked as
cattle ranchers and/or
cowboys and were aged 23 years old) resided in Floyd County, TX, but the population of the county soon grew to 529 people by
1890, and to 2020 by
1900, and even larger in the following decades.
2000 census The 2000 census showed 2,730 households and 2,110 families residing in the county. The
population density was . The3,221 housing units averaged of . The
racial makeup of the county was 74.16% White, 3.38% African American, 0.76% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 19.66% from other races, and 1.81% from two or more races. About 45.93% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 2,730 households, 39.4% had children under 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were not families. Around 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.26. In the county, the population was distributed as 31.40% under 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 24.40% from 25 to 44, 20.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.20% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 89.90 males. The median income for a household in the county was $26,851 and for a family was $32,123. Males had a median income of $25,487 versus $18,929 for females. The
per capita income for the county was $14,206. About 19.50% of families and 21.50% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 28.60% of those under 18 and 16.50% of those 65 or over. ==Wind energy development==