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Childress ( CHIL-driss) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in and the county seat of Childress County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,737 at the 2020 census. The city and county were named after George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The county and city were incorporated more than four decades after Childress' death. == Demographics == === 2020 census === As of the 2020 census, Childress had a population of 5,737 and 1,316 families residing in the city. The median age was 34.0 years. 19.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 141.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 151.8 males age 18 and over. 78.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 21.3% lived in rural areas. There were 1,893 households in Childress, of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them.