Benbrook
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Tarrant County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 41 ′ N , 97 ° 27 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 22,307 (as of 2006) |
| Population density : | 751.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 31.2 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 29.7 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 210 m |
| Postcodes : | 76100-76199 |
| Area code : | +1 817 |
| FIPS : | 48-07552 |
| GNIS ID : | 1372495 |
| Website : | www.ci.benbrook.tx.us |
| Mayor : | Dr. Jerry Dittrich |
Benbrook is a city in Tarrant County in the US state of Texas in the United States of America .
geography
The city is located at the junction of Interstate 20 with US Highway 377 , northeast of the geographic center of Texas, in the southwest corner of Tarrant County, and has a total area of 31.2 km², of which 1.6 km² is water. The distance to Dallas in the east is approximately 80 km and to Fort Worth in the northeast it is approximately 16 km.
history
The city was founded in 1857 mainly by settlers from Tennessee and was first called Miranda. 1876 moved Texas and Pacific Railway their tracks in the area and the city was renamed in Benbrook, after coming out Indiana originating James M. Benbrook , who played an important role in connecting the city to the rail network. The first post office opened in 1880 and in 1905 the local school had one teacher and 64 students. In the mid- 1920s , when the first population statistics were reported, the population was only 20. It was not until the late 1940s that the population rose to 617. Due to its proximity to the rapidly growing Fort Worth, the population rose to 3,300 in 1965, to 9,900 in 1976 and 19,564 in 1990.
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1950 | 617 | - | |
| 1960 | 3254 | 427.4% | |
| 1970 | 8169 | 151% | |
| 1980 | 13,579 | 66.2% | |
| 1990 | 19,564 | 44.1% | |
| 2000 | 20.208 | 3.3% | |
| 2010 | 21,234 | 5.1% | |
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Demographic data
According to the 2000 census, 20,208 people in 8,599 households and 5,778 families lived here. The population density was 681 inhabitants per km². The racial the population was composed of 88.30% White, 4.42% African American, 0.50% Native American, 2.14% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, and 2.71% other ethnic groups; about 1.87% were descended from two or more races. 6.96% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,599 households, 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.0% of these were married couples living together. 8.7% were single mothers and 32.8% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were single households and 7.8% had people living in it who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.86 people.
22.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.6% 18 to 24, 29.8% 25 to 44, 25.7% 45 to 64, and 14.7% were 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 87.9 men.
The median income for a household in the 50,978 US $ , and the median income for a family $ 63,529. Males had a median income of $ 42,270 versus $ 30,030 for women. The per capita income was $ 26,781. 4.4% of the population and 2.5% of families are below the poverty line. 4.3% of these were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 2.9% were 65 or older.
crime
The crime rate has an index of 191.9 points. (Compare US national average: 327.2 points) In
2004 there were 2 murders, 7 rapes, 11 robberies, 15 physical attacks on people, 140 break-ins, 377 thefts and 35 car thefts.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census data for 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 4, 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 12, 2012
- ↑ Benbrook City, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Web links
- Handbook of Texas (English)
- Statistics Benbrook of city-data (English)