No valves exist between the anterior vena cava and the heart, and the heartbeat tends to cause movement within this blood vessel. Another vessel, the posterior vena cava, carries blood from the lower half of the body to the heart.
The 2016 Hereford, Texas, population is 15,021. There are 2,447 people per square mile (population density).
As of 2014, 38,761 people live in Cooke County. The population of the county was 77.2 percent Anglo, 16.7 percent Hispanic, and 3.2 percent African American. The largest town in the county is Gainesville, with a 2014 population of 16,502.