Abernathy, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Abernathy had a population of 2,839 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Abernathy had 1,081 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Abernathy has an area^<3> of 1.18 square miles [3.06 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Abernathy had a 2000 population density of 2,401 people per square mile [927 people/km²], making it the state's 91st most densely populated area.

Hale County

The city of Abernathy is primarily located in Hale County. A portion of Abernathy extends into Lubbock County.

The county had a population of 36,579 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 2,839 people, Abernathy contained 7.76% of the Hale County total.

In addition, where the community of Abernathy has a population density of 2,401 people per square mile [927 people/km²], Hale County averages 36.41 people per square mile [14.06 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Hale County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Abernathy and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Abernathy. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Abernathy.

A Census Quickfact is available for Hale County (QF-48189).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Hale County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Castro	QF-48069	NW	7,129	13.27% decrease
	Crosby	QF-48107	SE	6,192	12.24% decrease
	Floyd	QF-48153	E	6,455	16.57% decrease
	Hockley	QF-48219	SW	22,205	1.99% decrease
	Lamb	QF-48279	W	13,585	7.28% decrease
	Lubbock	QF-48303	S	264,418	8.78% increase
	Swisher	QF-48437	N	7,654	8.44% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Abernathy:

Abernathy is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Abernathy.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Abernathy. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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