Carson County

administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Panhandle
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Carson County Courthouse P.O. Box 487 Panhandle, TX 79068-0487
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	6182  (2010)
Population density :	2.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2393 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map
Website : www.co.carson.tx.us

The Carson County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Panhandle .

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Texas in the Texas Panhandle and is approximately 120 km to the north and east of the border with Oklahoma and to the west of New Mexico . It has an area of ​​2393 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hutchinson County , Gray County , Armstrong County, and Potter County .

history

Carson County was formed from parts of Bexar County on June 21, 1876 and finally organized on June 26, 1888. It was named after Samuel Price Carson , a member of the United States House of Representatives and first Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas .

The Carson County Square House Museum is one of the county's three entries in the NRHP.

Three buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 17, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	356		-
1900	469		31.7%
1910	2127		353.5%
1920	3078		44.7%
1930	7745		151.6%
1940	6624		-14.5%
1950	6852		3.4%
1960	7781		13.6%
1970	6358		-18.3%
1980	6672		4.9%
1990	6576		-1.4%
2000	6516		-0.9%
2010	6182		-5.1%
1890-2010

Carson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

After the census in 2000, lived in Carson County 6,516 people; 2,470 households and 1,884 families were counted. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 3.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.0 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,470 households, 35.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 65.3 percent were married couples living together, 8.1 percent were single mothers, and 23.7 percent were non-families. 22.3 percent were single households and 11.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.04 people.

27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.2 percent between 18 and 24, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 40,285 , and the median income for a family is $ 47,147. Males had a median income of $ 34,271 versus $ 23,325 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,368. 5.4 percent of families and 7.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Abell Cargray Conway Cuyler

Groom Lark lee

McBride Panhandle Pomeroy

Skellytown White deer Yarnall

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Carson County

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carson County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ 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 
3. ↑ 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. 46 .
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 17, 2018.
5. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
6. ^ Carson County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Carson County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Carson County in the Handbook of Texas , (Eng.)
• "Carson County Profile" of the "Texas Association of Counties" , (Eng.)

Coordinates: 35 ° 25 ′  N , 101 ° 21 ′  W