Brooks County, Texas

administration
Brooks County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Falfurrias
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Brooks County Courthouse P.O. Box 427 Falfurrias, TX 78355-0427
Foundation :	1911
Made up from:	Starr County
Area code :	001 512
Demographics
Residents :	7223 (2010)
Population density :	3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2444 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
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The Brooks County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Falfurrias .

geography

The county is located south-southeast of the geographic center of Texas, about 70 km north of the Mexican border and 60 km west of the Gulf of Mexico . It has an area of 2444 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Jim Wells County , Kleberg County , Kenedy County , Hidalgo County , Starr County , Jim Hogg County, and Duval Counties .

history

Brooks County was formed from parts of Starr County on March 11, 1911 and the administrative organization was completed the following year. It was named after John Abijah Brooks (1855-1944), a Texas ranger and member of the House of Representatives from Texas .

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 2, 2018, the Brooks County Courthouse .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	4560	-
1930	5901	29.4%
1940	6362	7.8%
1950	9195	44.5%
1960	8609	-6.4%
1970	8005	-7%
1980	8428	5.3%
1990	8204	-2.7%
2000	7976	-2.8%
2010	7223	-9.4%
1920-2010

Brooks County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Brooks County had 7,976 people in 2,711 households and 2,079 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 75.84 percent white, 0.19 percent African American, 0.46 percent Native American, 0.09 percent Asian, 0.08 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 21.58 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.77 percent were descended from two or more races. 91.57 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,711 households, 38.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 52.2 percent were married couples living together, 19.1 percent were single mothers, and 23.3 percent were non-families. 21.4 percent were single households and 11.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.38 people.

31.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24, 23.4 percent between 25 and 44, 21.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 18,622 , and the median income for a family was $ 22,473. Males had a median income of $ 23,051 versus $ 16,103 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,234. 36.9 percent of families and 40.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

↑ Brooks 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 April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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. 32 .

↑ 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

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