Yoakum County is in the Texas High Plains Wine country.
[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.
The springs feeding the stream have dried up due to the extraction of underground water.
[8] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,355 people, 428 households, and 346 families residing in the town.
At the 2000 census, there were 1,450 people, 485 households, and 390 families living in the town.