The population of Hockley county is estimated at 23,103. In 2017 there were 294 births and 207 deaths in Hockley county. Hockley county has 2,948 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,827 that are owned free and clear and 2,467 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Hockley County filed 9,320 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Hockley had a combined total federal tax liability of $69,065,000 on earned income of $461,336,000. Other notable statistics from Hockley County were 320 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,682,000 and 1,000 charitable contributions valued at $7,239,000. 1,070 filings from Hockley County paid a combined total of $4,510,000 in property taxes and 780 filings paid $4,679,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Hockley county had 55 religious congregations with an estimated 17,442 members.
13.6% of the Hockley population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 32% of Hockley County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 163 votes.
At $48,449 the median income is 81.8% of the Texas average. An estimated 419 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Hockley, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Hockley County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,089	Health care and social assistance
850	Retail trade
547	Accommodation and food services
507	Food services and drinking places
442	Transportation and warehousing
325	Truck transportation
321	Ambulatory health care services
303	Specialized freight trucking
279	Limited-service restaurants
244	Nursing and residential care facilities
228	Finance and insurance
200	Food and beverage stores
199	Manufacturing
194	Home health care services
169	Other services (except public administration)

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