Aransas County

administration
Aransas County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Rockport
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Aransas County Courthouse 301 N. Live Oak Rockport, Texas 78382
Foundation :	1871
Made up from:	Refugio County
Area code :	001 512
Demographics
Residents :	23,158 (2010)
Population density :	35.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1367 km²
Water surface :	715 km²
map

Website : www.aransascounty.org

The Aransas County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Rockport .

geography

The county is located in southeast Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1367 square kilometers, of which 715 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Calhoun County , San Patricio County, and Refugio County .

history

Aransas County was formed on September 18, 1871 from parts of Refugio County. It was named after Rio Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu , a Spanish outpost in early Texas, or possibly after the town of Aransas Pass or Aransas Bay .

The first European to see this country was probably Alonso Álvarez de Pineda , who sailed along the coast of Texas in the summer of 1519 and also explored the Aransas Bay.

Five buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 18, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	996	-
1890	1824	83.1%
1900	1716	-5.9%
1910	2106	22.7%
1920	2064	-2%
1930	2219	7.5%
1940	3469	56.3%
1950	4252	22.6%
1960	7006	64.8%
1970	8902	27.1%
1980	14,260	60.2%
1990	17,892	25.5%
2000	22,497	25.7%
2010	23,158	2.9%
1880-2010 Aransas County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Fulton Manison house , listed in the NRHP with the number 75001945

Pier in the eastern part of Copano Bay

Aerial view of Copano Bay

As of the 2000 census , Aransas County had 22,497 people in 9,132 households and 6,401 families. The population density was 34 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.44 percent white, 1.43 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 2.77 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.33 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.39 percent were descended from two or more races. 20.32 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 9,132 households, 27.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 57.0 percent were married couples living together, 9.4 percent were single mothers and 29.9 percent were non-families. 25.3 percent were single households and 11.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.90 people.

23.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.2 percent between 18 and 24, 23.2 percent between 25 and 44, 27.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 95.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,702 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,915. Males had a median income of $ 31,597 versus $ 20,289 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,560. 15.5 percent of families and 19.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Aransas Pass (partially in San Patricio and Nueces Counties)
Corpus Christi (mostly in Nueces County)

Protected areas and parks

Individual evidence

↑ Aransas County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original dated April 2, 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 @1@ 2

↑ 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 , pp. 9f.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 18, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

^ Aransas County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .