Bexar County

administration
The Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, listed on the NRHP with number 77001426
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	San Antonio
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 Dolorosa Street San Antonio, TX 78205-3038
Foundation :	December 20, 1836
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 210
Demographics
Residents :	1,714,773 (2010)
Population density :	530.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3255 km²
Water surface :	25 km²
map

Website : www.bexar.org

The Bexar County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in San Antonio .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 3,255 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Kendall County , Guadalupe County , Wilson County , Atascosa County , Medina County, and Bandera County .

history

Bexar County was founded on March 17, 1836. It encompassed almost the entire western part of the Republic of Texas , including the disputed areas of eastern New Mexico . After the end of sovereignty, 128 counties were established on its territory.

The county takes its name from its capital, then called San Antonio de Béxar. This formed one of 23 municipalities (cities with self-government / administrative sub-units) of Texas at the time of its independence. San Antonio de Béxar - originally Villa de San Fernando de Béxar - was the first civilian government formed in the province of Texas under Spanish rule. The city was founded in 1731 by 55 Canary Islands residents near the system of missions along the San Antonio River . The new settlement was named after the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, the Spanish military base that protected the missions. The Presidio, which was located near San Pedro Springs, was founded in 1718 and named after the New Spanish viceroy Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán , the second son of the Duke of Béxar (a city in Spain ).

Mission Concepcion (2010)

Eight places in the county have National Historic Landmark status . Below is the Mission Concepcion , which forms the San Antonio Missions with other historical buildings . This ensemble of buildings is a World Heritage Site in the United States of America . 143 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 1, 2018).

Demographic data (until 2010)

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	6052	-
1860	14,454	138.8%
1870	16,043	11%
1880	30,470	89.9%
1890	49,266	61.7%
1900	69,422	40.9%
1910	119,676	72.4%
1920	202.096	68.9%
1930	292,533	44.7%
1940	338.176	15.6%
1950	500,460	48%
1960	687.151	37.3%
1970	830.460	20.9%
1980	988.800	19.1%
1990	1,185,394	19.9%
2000	1,392,931	17.5%
2010	1,714,773	23.1%
1850-2010 Bexar County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Cibolo Creek

Taj Mahal administration building at Randolph Air Force Base

State Highway 3-A Bridge over Cibolo Creek , listed in the NRHP with the number 96001112

As of the 2010 census , Bexar County had 1,714,774 people in 608,931 households and 416,356 families. The population density was 534 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 72.9 percent white, 7.5 percent African American, 0.80 percent Native American, 2.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent from the Pacific island area and 12.70 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.5 percent were descended from two or more races. 54.35 percent of the population identified themselves as Latinos or Hispanics regardless of ethnicity .

Of the 608,931 households, 38.6 percent had children or young people under the age of 18. There were married couples living together in 46.1 percent and single mothers in 9.3 percent. 25.3 percent were single households. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.33 people.

27.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11 percent between 18 and 24, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44, 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.8 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 93.4 males.

According to the 2000 census data, the median income for a household was $ 38,328 . The median income for a family was $ 43,724. Males had a median income of $ 30,756 versus $ 24,920 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,363. 12.7 percent of families and 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Protected areas and parks

Partnerships

Bexar County has a partnership with Wenzhou , China.

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Bexar 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 from January 25, 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 , p. 23 .

↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed October 1, 2018.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 1, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

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

^ Bexar County, Texas , 2010 census datasheet at factfinder2.census.gov

↑ Bexar County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder2.census.gov .

↑ www.wenzhou.gov.cn: City friendships . Retrieved July 11, 2019.