Swisher County, Texas
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
Go to state:
Go to county:
State Health Department
- Texas Department of Health: 1100 West 49th Street, Austin
Population:
- Total Population: 8,378
- Males: 4,316
- Females: 4,062
Ethnicity:
- White: 4,839
- Black/African American: 532
- Hispanic: 2,963
- Native American/Eskimo: 24
- Asian: 0
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 0
- 2 or more: 20
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (5,625)
- Spanish (2,100)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 413
- Mexico (408)
- Italy (3)
- Canada (2)
- Belarus (0)
- Afghanistan (0)
- Malaysia (0)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (0)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (4,065)
- United Methodist Church, The (1,223)
- Catholic Church (965)
- Churches of Christ (665)
- Assemblies of God (247)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 3,146
- Sensory: 281
- Physical: 735
- Mental: 334
- Self-care: 191
- Go outside home: 601
- Employment: 867
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 93
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 2,925
- Utility gas: 2,335
- Bottled or LP gas: 269
- Electricity: 298
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 0
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 0
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 23
- No fuel used: 0
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 5,693
- No vehicle: 398
- 1 or more vehicle: 5,295
Education Attainment:
- No School: 140
- No High School: 731
- Some High School: 705
- High School: 1,611
- Some College: 1,031
- Associate's Degree: 138
- College Degree: 681
- Master's Degree: 113
- Professional Degree: 27
- Doctoral Degree: 23
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 2,925
- Owners with phone: 2,002
- Owners without phone: 58
- Renters with phone: 806
- Renters without phone: 59
10 closest counties:
- Hale County, Texas
- Briscoe County, Texas
- Castro County, Texas
- Floyd County, Texas
- Randall County, Texas
- Armstrong County, Texas
- Potter County, Texas
- Lamb County, Texas
- Deaf Smith County, Texas
- Lubbock County, Texas
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
79042, 79052, 79088
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
Get email updates
To receive email updates about this page, enter your email address:
Contact Us:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333 - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348 - Contact CDC-INFO


