Mills County, Texas
Mills County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas, USA. At the 2020 census, its population was 4,456. The county seat is Goldthwaite. The county is named for John T. Mills, a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. Demographics. 2020 census. "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 can be  of any race." 2000 Census. At the 2000 census, there were 5,151 people, 2,001 households and 1,398 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 2,691 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up was 89.24% White, 1.26% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 7.73% from other races and 1.34% from two or more races. Of the population, 13.03% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,001 households, of which 27.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were married couples living  together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.10% were non-families. Of all households, 27.80% were made up of individuals and 17.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.90. 25.50% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.70% from 18 to 24, 20.50% from 25 to 44, 26.10% from 45 to 64 and 23.10% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 102.40 males. For  every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.20 males. The median household income was $30,579 and the median family income was $37,519. Males had a median income of $25,933 and females $20,076. The per capita income was $15,915. About 12.70% of families and 18.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.40% of those under age 18 and 17.80% of those age 65 or over. Media. Mills County is part of the Waco/Temple/Killeen (Central Texas) DMA. Local media outlets include: KCEN-TV, KWTX-TV, KXXV-TV, KDYW, KWKT-TV  and KNCT-TV. Two other television stations from the Abilene/Sweetwater/Brownwood DMA provide coverage for Mills County, KTAB-TV and KRBC-TV. Mills County has one area newspaper, "The Goldthwaite Eagle", and one radio station, KRNR FM 107.3 which began broadcasting in December 2017.