Childress, TX Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (male): 3,513

Median Age: 32.5 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $804.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Childress: 79.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 26.0%

Poverty (breakdown): (23.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 11.6% for Black residents, 45.3% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 42.1% for other race residents, 33.4% for two or more races residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: American (13.5%), German (6.3%), French (2.9%), Irish (2.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), Italian (2.3%).

Land Area: 8.25 square miles.

Population Density:

In 1901, when the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad began considering Childress as a division point, Childress voters approved bonds and donated land to build shops and terminal facilities. These businesses, in addition to the influx of farmers and homesteaders, provided more jobs and resulted in a considerable increase in population—to 5,003 by 1910. Future automobile tycoon Walter P. Chrysler served as general foreman of the Childress railroad shops from 1905 to 1906. He then relocated to Iowa, where he worked as a master mechanic before he founded Chrysler Motor Corporation.

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Substance Abuse Mental Health Safety Administration (https://www.samhsa.gov/)

US Drug Enforcement Administration (https://www.dea.gov/)

Office of Drug alcohol Policy Control (https://www.transportation.gov/odapc)

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901 HWY 83 NORTH 4.6 miles

901 HWY 83 NORTH
CHILDRESS, TX 79201
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1001 US HIGHWAY 83 N 18.3 miles

1001 US HIGHWAY 83 N
CHILDRESS, TX 79201
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Local Area Info: Childress, Texas

Childress (/?t??ldr?s/ CHIL-driss) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,905 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Childress County.

The city and county were named in honor of George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The county and city were incorporated more than four decades after Childress's death.

In December 2015, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer voted Childress ninth among the ten "most conservative" cities in the United States in regard to political contributions. Other West Texas communities in the most conservative lineup are Hereford (No. 1), Monahans (No. 5), and Dalhart in Dallam County in the far northwestern Texas Panhandle (No. 8). Princeton in Collin County north of Dallas ranked No. 2. In contrast, Vashon Island, Washington was named the "most liberal" city in the nation in terms of political donations.

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Population (male): 3,513

Median Age: 32.5 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $804.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Childress: 79.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 26.0%

Poverty (breakdown): (23.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 11.6% for Black residents, 45.3% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 42.1% for other race residents, 33.4% for two or more races residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: American (13.5%), German (6.3%), French (2.9%), Irish (2.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), Italian (2.3%).

Land Area: 8.25 square miles.

Population Density:

In 1901, when the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad began considering Childress as a division point, Childress voters approved bonds and donated land to build shops and terminal facilities. These businesses, in addition to the influx of farmers and homesteaders, provided more jobs and resulted in a considerable increase in population—to 5,003 by 1910. Future automobile tycoon Walter P. Chrysler served as general foreman of the Childress railroad shops from 1905 to 1906. He then relocated to Iowa, where he worked as a master mechanic before he founded Chrysler Motor Corporation.