
Fort Stockton at a glance
What makes Fort Stockton different: Grown up around the once-prolific Comanche Springs, Fort Stockton is a roughly 76% Hispanic Permian Basin hub whose economy is dominated by oil-and-gas extraction, retail, and public administration, with Pecos County Memorial Hospital serving the surrounding region.
- Fort Stockton population
- 8,300
- Pecos County Medicare
- 2,416
- MA penetration (county)
- 47%
- Spanish-speaking market
- Yes — bilingual