Castro County, Texas
Demographics

Castro County, Texas

Section Title: Demographics
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Historical population

Census	Pop.	%±

1890	9	—

1900	400	4,344.4%

1910	1,850	362.5%

1920	1,948	5.3%

1930	4,720	142.3%

1940	4,631	−1.9%

1950	5,417	17.0%

1960	8,923	64.7%

1970	10,394	16.5%

1980	10,556	1.6%

1990	9,070	−14.1%

2000	8,285	−8.7%

2010	8,062	−2.7%

Est. 2016	7,669	−4.9%

U.S. Decennial Census 1850–2010 2010–2014

Sentence(s)

As of the census of 2000, there were 8,285 people in the Castro county.

final_sentence: As of the census of 2000, there were 8,285 people in the Castro county.