 In 1968, the county lost before the Supreme Court in "Avery v. Midland County" which required local districts to be nearly equal.The city of Midland had most of the county's population but only elected one of the five county commissioners, which was found to violate the Fourteenth Amendment.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water.