Brazoria County

administration
Brazoria County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Angleton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Brazoria County Courthouse 111 E. Locust Street Angleton, TX 77515-4654
Foundation :	1836
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 979 and 001 281
Demographics
Residents :	313,166 (2010)
Population density :	87.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	4137 km²
Water surface :	547 km²
map

Website : www.brazoria-county.com

The Brazoria County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Angleton .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico and is part of the Houston metropolitan area . It has an area of 4137 square kilometers, of which 547 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Harris County , Galveston County , Matagorda County , Wharton County, and Fort Bend County .

history

Brazoria County was formed as the original county on March 17, 1836. It was named after the Brazos River .

The Varner-Hogg Plantation is one of eleven entries for the county in the NRHP.

Eleven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 2, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4841	-
1860	7143	47.6%
1870	7527	5.4%
1880	9774	29.9%
1890	11,506	17.7%
1900	14,861	29.2%
1910	13,299	-10.5%
1920	20,614	55%
1930	23,054	11.8%
1940	27,069	17.4%
1950	46,549	72%
1960	76.204	63.7%
1970	108,312	42.1%
1980	169,587	56.6%
1990	191,707	13%
2000	241,767	26.1%
2010	313.166	29.5%
1850-2010

Brazoria County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Brazoria County had a population of 241,767; 81,954 households and 63,104 families were counted. The population density was 67 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 77.09 percent white, 8.50 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 2.00 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 9.63 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.22 percent were descended from two or more races. 22.78 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 81,954 households, 40.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 62.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers and 23.0 percent were non-families. 19.1 percent were single households and 6.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.23 people.

28.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.6 percent between 18 and 24, 32.4 percent between 25 and 44, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 106.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 107.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 48,632 , and the median income for a family is $ 55,282. Males had a median income of $ 42,193 versus $ 27,728 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,021. 8.1 percent of families and 10.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Protected areas and parks

Individual evidence

↑ Brazoria 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 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 @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. 30 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 2, 2018.

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

↑ Brazoria County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .