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Sweetwater is the county seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,415 at the 2000 census. At Sweetwater during World War II, the Women Airforce Service Pilots were trained under the direction of the famed aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran at the former Avenger Field. The airstrip closed abruptly at the end of the war.
The county's Census-estimated population was 155,854 in 2015, representing a 0.7% decrease from the 156,898 enumerated at the 2010 United States Census, in turn increasing by 10,460 (+7.1%) from the 146,438 counted in the 2000 Census, retaining its position as the state's 16th-most populous county.