Upton County, TX

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2023 Population

3,227

1.74% 1-year decline

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

About

In 2023, Upton County, TX had a population of 3.23k people with a median age of N/A and a median household income of N/A. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Upton County, TX declined from 3,284 to 3,227, a −1.74% decrease and its median household income N/A from N/A to N/A, a N/A% N/A.

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None of the households in Upton County, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Upton County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 26.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Upton County, TX was 2 cars per household.

Upton County, TX borders Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Ector County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX, and Reagan County, TX.

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Economy

The economy of Upton County, TX employs N/A people. The largest industries in Upton County, TX are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (333 people), Retail Trade (153 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (153 people), and the highest paying industries are .

Employment

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Upton County, TX, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Upton County, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Upton County, TX, are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (333 people), Retail Trade (153 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (153 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Upton County, TX, though some of these residents may live in Upton County, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

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Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
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Utilities
5
Transportation and Warehousing

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$53.4k
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
$14.4k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$12.7k
Wholesale Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Upton County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 86.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (12.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.95%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (86.1%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (12.4%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.95%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Upton County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 86.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (12.4%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.95%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Upton County, TX for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

Ted Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Upton County, TX have an average commute time of 26.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Upton County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 9501
Census Tract 9502

The following map shows all of the tracts in Upton County, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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The following chart displays the households in Upton County, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Upton County, TX is from Upton County, TX.

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This chart shows the number of workers in Upton County, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (83.8%)
Carpooled (10.7%)
Worked At Home (5.24%)

In 2023, 83.8% of workers in Upton County, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (10.7%) and those who worked at home (5.24%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

26.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Upton County, TX have a shorter commute time (26.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Upton County, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Upton County, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Upton County, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Upton County, TX have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Upton County, TX (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Upton County, TX is Hispanic, followed by Other and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Upton County, TX has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

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By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Upton County, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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