Cooke County, Texas#Micropolitan Statistical Area

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Cooke County

| state = Texas

| flag = Flag of Cooke County, Texas.svg

| seal =

| founded = 1849

| seat wl = Gainesville

| largest city wl = Gainesville

| area_total_sq_mi = 898

| area_land_sq_mi = 875

| area_water_sq_mi = 24

| area percentage = 2.6

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 41668

| density_sq_mi = auto

| ex image = Cooke county tx courthouse 2015.jpg

| ex image size = 250

| ex image cap = The Cooke County Courthouse in Gainesville

| web = www.co.cooke.tx.us|

| time zone = Central

| district = 26th

}}

Cooke County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 census, its population was 41,668.{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cooke County, Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cookecountytexas/PST120221|access-date=January 31, 2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web|title=Cooke County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48097|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=February 23, 2021}} The county seat is Gainesville.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }} The county was founded in 1848 and organized the next year. It is named for William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. It is a part of the Texoma region.

Cooke County comprises the Gainesville, TX micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX-OK combined statistical area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of {{convert|898|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|24|sqmi}} (2.6%) are covered by water.{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 21, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}

=Major highways=

=Adjacent counties=

Love County, Oklahoma (north)
Grayson County (east)
Denton County (south)
Wise County (southwest)
Montague County (west)

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1850= 220

|1860= 3760

|1870= 5315

|1880= 20391

|1890= 24696

|1900= 27494

|1910= 26603

|1920= 25667

|1930= 24136

|1940= 24909

|1950= 22146

|1960= 22560

|1970= 23471

|1980= 27656

|1990= 30777

|2000= 36363

|2010= 38437

|2020= 41668

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850–2010{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=April 21, 2015}} 2010 2020

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|+Cooke County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Cooke County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48097&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cooke County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48097&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!{{partial|Pop 2020}}{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cooke County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48097&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2000

!% 2010

!{{partial|% 2020}}

White alone (NH)

|30,826

|30,255

|style='background: #ffffe6; |29,404

|84.77%

|78.71%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |70.57%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|1,087

|1,018

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,181

|2.99%

|2.65%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.83%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|304

|303

|style='background: #ffffe6; |360

|0.84%

|0.79%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.86%

Asian alone (NH)

|121

|278

|style='background: #ffffe6; |307

|0.33%

|0.72%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.74%

Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|19

|style='background: #ffffe6; |13

|0.00%

|0.05%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%

Other race alone (NH)

|22

|35

|style='background: #ffffe6; |125

|0.06%

|0.09%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%

Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|375

|532

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,759

|1.03%

|1.38%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.22%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|3,627

|5,997

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,519

|9.97%

|15.60%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |20.44%

Total

|36,363

|38,437

|style='background: #ffffe6; |41,668

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

According to statistical data from 2016, Cooke County has a population of 39,141 people (41% urban, 59% rural), nearly 14,000 households, and over 10,000 families. The population density was {{convert|42|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people|}}. The 15,061 housing units averaged {{convert|17|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units }}. The racial makeup of the county was 88.84% White, 3.06% Black or African American, 1.00% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 5.16% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. About 10% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the more than 14,000 households in Cooke County, 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living in the home, 59.60% were married couples living together, 9.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.70% were not families; 23.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.07.

The population was distributed as 27.30% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

While 2015 estimates place the median household income for Cooke County at $53,552, past estimates showed the median household income to be $37,649, with the median family income being $44,869. Males had a median income of $32,429 and females $22,065. The per capita income was $17,889. About 10.90% of families and 14.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.80% of those under age 18 and 10.70% of those age 65 or over. Median house values in 2015 were $118,254.

Government and infrastructure

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department operates the Gainesville State School in an unincorporated area in Cooke County, east of Gainesville."[http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/programs/gainesville/index.html Gainesville State School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220003334/http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/programs/gainesville/index.html |date=2011-02-20 }}." Texas Youth Commission. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

=Politics=

Cooke County has long voted predominantly Republican; the only Democratic presidential candidate to win Cooke County since 1948 was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, in that year's landslide over Barry Goldwater.

Cooke County has been included in the Texas's 26th congressional district. vote in each of the past six presidential elections, starting in 2000.

Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from Muenster, has represented Cooke County in the Texas House of Representatives since January 2013.{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/adam-d-young/2013-07-16/state-rep-springer-announces-district-tour-july-30#.UefOvhUo45s|title=State Rep. Springer announces district tour July 30|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, July 16, 2013|access-date=July 18, 2013}}

{{PresHead|place=Cooke County, Texas|source={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=February 21, 2021}}}}

{{U.S. SenHead|place=Cooke County, Texas|Seat=1|source={{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}}}

Communities

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=Census-designated places=

=Unincorporated communities=

=Ghost towns=

References

External links

[http://www.co.cooke.tx.us/ Cooke County government's website]
{{Handbook of Texas|id=hcc22|name=Cooke County}}

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Cooke County, Texas

|North = Love County, Oklahoma

|Northeast =

|East = Grayson County

|Southeast =

|South = Denton County

|Southwest = Wise County

|West = Montague County

|Northwest =

}}

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Category:1849 establishments in Texas

Category:Populated places established in 1849