- State:TexasCounty:Bailey CountyZips:79324,79344,79347Coordinates:34.068527074805274, -102.82991324415589Area total:827.66 sq. mi., 2143.62 sq. km, 529700.48 acresArea land:826.97 sq. mi., 2141.85 sq. km, 529262.08 acresArea water:0.69 sq. mi., 1.78 sq. km, 438.40 acresEstablished:1876Capital seat:
Muleshoe
Address: 300 S 1St St
County Courthouse
Muleshoe, TX 79347-3621
Governing Body: Commisioners Court with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Bailey County, Texas, United States
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- Population:6,904; Population change: -3.64% (2010 - 2020)Population density:8.35 persons per square mileHousehold income:$32,942Households:2,295Unemployment rate:4.80% per 2,440 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.25%GDP:$455.96 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Bailey County's population of Texas of 5,186 residents in 1930 has increased 1,33-fold to 6,904 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.80% female residents and 49.20% male residents live in as of 2020, 65.68% in Bailey County, Texas are married and the remaining 34.32% are single population.
As of 2020, 65.68% in Bailey County, Texas are married and the remaining 34.32% are single population.
- Housing units:2,746 residential units of which 85.91% share occupied residential units.
19 minutes is the average time that residents in Bailey County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
79.00% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 14.95% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.04% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.29% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Bailey County, Texas 60.01% are owner-occupied homes, another 23.78% are rented apartments, and the remaining 16.22% are vacant.
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The 82.43% of the population in Bailey County, Texas who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 69.860%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 29.450%) of those eligible to vote in Bailey County, Texas.
