Andrews County

Andrews County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Andrews
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Andrews County Court House Andrews, TX 79714-0520
Foundation :	August 21, 1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 915
Demographics
Residents :	14,786  (2010)
Population density :	3.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3888 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map
Website : www.co.andrews.tx.us

The Andrews County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Andrews , named after Richard Andrews , the first Texas soldier to die in the Texan War of Independence . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in west Texas, on the border with New Mexico and has an area of ​​3888 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Gaines County , Dawson County , Martin County , Midland County , Ector County, and Winkler County . The terrain is hilly and has heights of 900 to 1050  m .

history

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	24		-
1900	87		262.5%
1910	975		1,020.7%
1920	350		-64.1%
1930	736		110.3%
1940	1277		73.5%
1950	5002		291.7%
1960	13,450		168.9%
1970	10,372		-22.9%
1980	13,323		28.5%
1990	14,338		7.6%
2000	13.004		-9.3%
2010	14,786		13.7%
1890-2010 Andrews County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Traces of first settlements in this area point to 6000 to 4000 BC. BC back. Before being settled by white settlers, it was populated by Comanches and Apaches. Andrews County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . It was named after Richard Andrews (1814–1835), a hero of the Texas Revolution . He was the first Texan to be killed in the course of the Revolution in 1835 at the Battle of Concepción . The final organization of the administration took place in 1910.

Settlement in the county began slowly. In 1890 only 24 and 1900 only 78 people lived here. It was not until 1910 that the population increased noticeably. The first oil discoveries around 1925 caused the population to rise further. A boom, like in East Texas , did not materialize because the deposits were too small.

One location is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of September 18, 2018, the Andrews Lake Sites .

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Andrews County had 13,004 people in 4,601 households and 3,519 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 77.08 percent white, 1.65 percent African American, 0.88 percent Native American, 0.71 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 16.79 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.87 percent were descended from two or more races. 40.0 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino American descent.

Of the 4,601 households, 40.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 63.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers, and 23.5 percent were non-families. 21.8 percent were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.29 people.

31.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44, 20.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the 34,036 USD , and the median income for a family was 37,017 USD. Males had a median income of $ 33,223 versus $ 21,846 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,916. 13.9 percent of families and 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Andrews
• McKinney Acres

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrews County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 
3. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
4. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 8 .
5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 18, 2018.
6. ↑ Andrews County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Andrews County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Andrews County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Andrews County profiles" of "Texas Association of Counties" (Engl.)

Coordinates: 32 ° 18 ′  N , 102 ° 38 ′  W