Burleson County

administration
Burleson County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Caldwell
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Burleson County Courthouse P.O. Box 57 Caldwell, TX 77836-1098
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Milam County
Area code :	001 979
Demographics
Residents :	17,187 (2010)
Population density :	10 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1755 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

Website : www.co.burleson.tx.us

The Burleson County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Caldwell .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 1755 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Robertson County , Brazos County , Washington County , Lee County, and Milam County .

history

Burleson County was formed on March 24, 1846 from parts of Milam County and the administrative organization was completed on July 13 of the same year. It was named after Edward Burleson (1798-1852), a general during the Texas Revolution and a member of the Texas Senate .

Two homes in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 4, 2018.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1713	-
1860	5683	231.8%
1870	8072	42%
1880	9243	14.5%
1890	13.001	40.7%
1900	18,367	41.3%
1910	18,687	1.7%
1920	16,855	-9.8%
1930	19,848	17.8%
1940	18,334	-7.6%
1950	13,000	-29.1%
1960	11,177	-14%
1970	9999	-10.5%
1980	12,313	23.1%
1990	13,625	10.7%
2000	16,470	20.9%
2010	17.187	4.4%
1850-2010 Age pyramid of Burleson County (as of 2000)

The Reeves-Womack House , listed on the NRHP , No. 93000002

According to the 2000 census , Burleson County had 16,470 people; 6,363 households and 4,574 families were counted. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 74.07 percent white, 15.06 percent African American, 0.50 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 8.25 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.92 percent were descended from two or more races. 14.64 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,363 households, 31.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, and 28.1 percent were non-families. 24.9 percent were single households and 12.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.08 people.

26.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24, 25.8 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 33,026 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,385. Males had a median income of $ 28,795 versus $ 20,146 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,616. 13.2 percent of families and 17.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

↑ Burleson 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. 36 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 4, 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 October 10, 2012

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