Brazos County

administration
Brazos County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Bryan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Brazos County Courthouse 300 E. 26th Street Bryan, TX 77803-5359
Foundation :	1841
Made up from:	Washington County
Area code :	001 979
Demographics
Residents :	194,851 (2010)
Population density :	128.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1529 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Website : www.co.brazos.tx.us

The Brazos County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Bryan .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 1,529 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Leon County , Madison County , Grimes County , Washington County , Burleson County, and Robertson County .

history

Brazos County was formed on January 30, 1841 from parts of Washington County and was named Navasota County until January 28, 1842 . After that it was named after the Brazos River .

The Humpty Dumpty Store is one of 45 listings for the county in the NRHP.

45 buildings 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	614	-
1860	2776	352.1%
1870	9205	231.6%
1880	13,576	47.5%
1890	16,650	22.6%
1900	18,859	13.3%
1910	18,919	0.3%
1920	21,975	16.2%
1930	21,835	-0.6%
1940	26,977	23.5%
1950	38,390	42.3%
1960	44,895	16.9%
1970	57,978	29.1%
1980	93,588	61.4%
1990	121,862	30.2%
2000	152.415	25.1%
2010	194.851	27.8%
1850-2010 Brazos County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Bryan Carnegie Library , listed on the NRHP with the number 76002009

Vine growing at the Messina Hof winery

According to the 2000 census , Brazos County had 152,415 people. Of these, 13,345 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 55,202 households and 30,416 families. The population density was 100 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 74.45 percent white, 10.72 percent African American, 0.36 percent Native American, 4.01 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.42 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.97 percent were from two or more races. 17.88 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 55,202 households, 27.9 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 41.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers, and 44.9 percent were non-families. 25.5 percent were single households and 5.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.16 people.

21.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 32.0 percent between 18 and 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 13.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 6.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 100.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 29,104 , and the median income for a family is $ 46,530. Males had a median income of $ 32,864 versus $ 24,179 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,212. 14.0 percent of families and 26.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Protected areas and parks

Individual evidence

↑ Brazos 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. 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

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

↑ Brazos County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .