▁ ▁State ▁Highway ▁ 1 7 1 ▁ ▁State ▁Highway ▁ 1 7 4 ▁ ▁Ad j acent ▁count ies ▁Johnson ▁County ▁( n orth ) ▁Ell is ▁County ▁( n ortheast ) ▁Navar ro ▁County ▁( east ) ▁Lim estone ▁County ▁( s out heast ) ▁Mc L enn an ▁County ▁( s outh ) ▁Bos que ▁County ▁( west ) ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 3 2 , 3 2 1 ▁people , ▁ 1 2 , 2 0 4 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 8 , 7 2 5 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 3 4 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 3 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 4 , 6 2 4 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁per ▁square   mile ▁( 6 / km ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁was ▁ 8 4 . 1 6 % ▁White , ▁ 7 . 4 0 % ▁Black ▁or ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 4 4 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 0 . 2 5 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 0 2 % ▁Pacific ▁Island er , ▁ 6 . 0 2 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 1 . 7 1 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁▁ 1 3 . 4 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁were ▁His pan ic