Martin County, Texas

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Martin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,237.[1] Its county seat is Stanton.[2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884.[3] It is named for Wylie Martin, an early settler.[4] Martin County is included in the Midland–Odessa combined statistical area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". (0.08%) is covered by water.[5] The northern portion of the Spraberry Trend, the second-largest oil field in the United States by 2013 estimated crude oil production, underlies much of the county.[6]

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

Demographics

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Martin County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[11] Pop 2010[9] Pop 2020[10] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 2,696 2,578 2,780 56.81% 53.72% 53.08%
Black or African American alone (NH) 74 67 81 1.56% 1.40% 1.55%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 8 15 22 0.17% 0.31% 0.42%
Asian alone (NH) 8 11 9 0.17% 0.23% 0.17%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 3 1 0.00% 0.06% 0.02%
Other race alone (NH) 0 7 19 0.00% 0.15% 0.36%
Multiracial (NH) 35 32 70 0.74% 0.67% 1.34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,925 2,086 2,255 40.56% 43.47% 43.06%
Total 4,746 4,799 5,237 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2000 census,[12] 4,746 people, 1,624 households, and 1,256 families resided in the county. Its population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The 1,894 housing units had an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the county was 79.01% White, 1.58% African American, 0.82% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 16.06% from other races, and 2.36% from two or more races; 40.56% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

Of the 1,624 households, 42.7% had children under 18 living with them, 64.3% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.60 were not families. About 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the county, The age distribution was 33.9% under 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% 65 or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,836, and for a family was $35,965. Males had a median income of $29,360 versus $19,063 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,647. About 14.90% of families and 18.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.90% of those under age 18 and 17.10% of those age 65 or over.

Media

The county is served by a weekly newspaper, local station KKJW (FM), nearby (Lamesa, Texas) stations KBXJ (FM) and KPET (AM), and the various Midland and Odessa radio and TV stations.

Communities

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Martin County Hospital, a 20-bed facility, serves the community.

Cities

Unincorporated communities

Government and politics

Government

Martin County, like all counties in Texas, is governed by a commissioners' court, which consists of the county judge (the chairperson of the court), who is elected county-wide, and four commissioners who are elected by the voters in each of four precincts.

The commissioners' court is the policy-making body for the county; in addition, the county judge is the senior executive and administrative position in the county. The court sets the county tax rate, adopts the budget, appoints boards and commissions, approves grants and personnel actions, and oversees the administration of county government. Martin County is one of only a few Texas counties where the county and district clerks have been combined into one position.

Martin County is represented in the United States Congress as part of Texas's 19th congressional district, by Republican Jodey Arrington of Lubbock. Its two senators are Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans. At the state level, Martin County is represented in the Texas State Legislature as part of Texas's 82nd House of Representatives district, by Republican Tom R. Craddock, and the Texas Senate, District 31, by Kevin Sparks.[13]

County commissioners

Office[14] Name Party
  County Judge Bryan Cox Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 1 Kenny Stewart Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 2 Auggie Ramos Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 3 Brian Snellgrove Republican
  Commissioner, Precinct 4 Koy Blocker Republican

County officials

Office[14] Name Party
  District/county attorney James Napper Republican
  County/District Clerk Linda Gonzalez Republican
  Sheriff Randy Cozart Republican
  Tax assessor-collector Lori Pardue Republican
  Treasurer Cynthia O'Donnell Republican

Politics

Martin County, like most other Southern counties, was once deeply Democratic. It continuously gave over 70% of the vote to the Democratic candidate, and only voted twice for Republicans (both during national landslides) between statehood and 1980, after which it swung sharply to the right. Since then, it has followed the rest of West Texas in becoming one of the most loyally Republican areas in the state and has only swung further towards Republicans in the 21st century due to the rapidly liberalizing social policies of the Democratic Party, as well as concerns over Democratic climate policy, which is considered unattractive by West Texans due to their predominantly fossil fuel production-based economy.[15] In 2024, Republican Donald Trump received 87.6% of the vote, the best a Republican has ever received in the county.

Until November 2018, Martin County was one of six[16] remaining entirely dry counties in Texas. During that month, Martin County changed from a dry county to a partially wet[17] county after Stanton residents voted to approve the sale of beer and wine within city limits.[18] Five dry counties remain.[19][20]Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot Template:U.S. SenHead Template:U.S. SenRow Template:U.S. SenFoot

See also

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References

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  15. ↑ Cohn, Nate (April 24, 2014). 'Demographic Shift: Southern Whites' Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats'. The New York Times.
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