Bridgeport, Texas
| Bridgeport | |
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 Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Wise County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 13 ′ N , 97 ° 46 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,976 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 622.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.7 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.6 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 244 m |
| Postal code : | 76426 |
| Area code : | +1 940 |
| FIPS : | 48-10264 |
| GNIS ID : | 1381191 |
| Website : | www.cityofbridgeport.net |
| Mayor : | Donald Majka |
Bridgeport is a city in Wise County in the US state of Texas in the United States .
geography
The city is located on US Highway 114 , 13 km west of Decatur , in west Wise County, on a tributary of the Trinity River . It has a total area of 9.7 km 2 , of which 0.1 km 2 is water.
history
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 498 | - | |
| 1900 | 900 | 80.7% | |
| 1910 | 2000 | 122.2% | |
| 1920 | 1872 | -6.4% | |
| 1930 | 2464 | 31.6% | |
| 1940 | 1735 | -29.6% | |
| 1950 | 2049 | 18.1% | |
| 1960 | 3218 | 57.1% | |
| 1970 | 3614 | 12.3% | |
| 1980 | 3737 | 3.4% | |
| 1990 | 3581 | -4.2% | |
| 2000 | 4309 | 20.3% | |
| 2010 | 5976 | 38.7% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
The settlement originated in February 1860, when some of the colonists under the leadership of William H. Hunt , who later became the 29th US Secretary of the Navy, built a wooden bridge over the Trinity River and settled here. The bridge became part of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route . It was destroyed during the American Civil War and only replaced by an iron structure in 1873. The first post office opened in the same year.
In 1893, the Rock Island Railroad Company moved its rails about 3 km east and the next buildings were built in this direction, so that over time the location of the settlement shifted 1–2 km further east. In 1913 it was incorporated as a city and in 1920 it had 1,872 inhabitants. In 1931 the nearby Lake Bridgeport was designated as a local recreation area and tourism was added as a new branch of the economy after the end of 40 years of coal mining. From the 1920s to the mid 1950s , the population remained constant at around 2,000. In 1986 the city had 3,737 residents, 153 commercial operations, and was the county's second largest city.
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census, 4309 people lived here in 1,383 households and 1,023 families. The population density was 448.4 people per km 2 . The racial the population was composed of 79.95% White, 2.65% African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 14.67% other ethnic groups. About 2.14% were mixed race and 28.20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,383 households, 42.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.1% of these were married couples living together. 11.2% were single mothers and 26.0% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were single households and there were people living in 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.40.
30.0% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.7% 18 to 24, 30.9% 25 to 44, 16.9% 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 85.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 78.5 men.
The median income for a household in the 31,016 USD , and the median income for a family 36,742 USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,044 versus $ 22,204 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,335. 16.6% of the population and 12.8% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 22.2% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.7% were 65 or older.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census data for 2010 ( Memento of the original from September 3, 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
Web links
- Handbook of Texas , engl.
- Statistics on Bridgeport (Texas) from city-data , engl.