- State:TexasCounty:Parker CountyZips:76439,76490,76485,76087,76008,76487,76066,76035,76087,76085,76087,76088,76082,76087,76008,76086Coordinates:32.777645986981796, -97.80509667409986Area total:910.10 sq. mi., 2357.13 sq. km, 582460.80 acresArea land:903.72 sq. mi., 2340.62 sq. km, 578380.80 acresArea water:6.38 sq. mi., 16.51 sq. km, 4080.00 acresEstablished:1855Capital seat:
Weatherford
Address: 1 Courthouse Sq
County Courthouse
Weatherford, TX 76086-4304
Governing Body: Commisioners Court with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Parker County, Texas, United States
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- Population:148,222; Population change: 26.76% (2010 - 2020)Population density:164 persons per square mileHousehold income:$60,586Households:39,204Unemployment rate:5.90% per 68,141 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.25%GDP:$4.00 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Parker County's population of Texas of 18,759 residents in 1930 has increased 7,9-fold to 148,222 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 49.64% female residents and 50.36% male residents live in as of 2020, 67.57% in Parker County, Texas are married and the remaining 32.43% are single population.
As of 2020, 67.57% in Parker County, Texas are married and the remaining 32.43% are single population.
- Housing units:57,427 residential units of which 93.13% share occupied residential units.
34.5 minutes is the average time that residents in Parker County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
80.15% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 14.61% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.07% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.19% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Parker County, Texas 76.54% are owner-occupied homes, another 18.96% are rented apartments, and the remaining 4.51% are vacant.
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The 47.71% of the population in Parker County, Texas who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 77.110%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 21.900%) of those eligible to vote in Parker County, Texas.