Cochran County

administration
The Cochran County Courthouse in Morton
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Morton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Cochran County Courthouse 100 N. Main Morton, TX 79346-2558
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	3127 (2010)
Population density :	1.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2008 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.co.cochran.tx.us

The Cochran County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Morton.

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas, on the border with New Mexico and has an area of 2008 square kilometers with no significant water surface. The county is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Bailey County , Lamb County , Hockley County , Yoakum County, and in New Mexico by counties: Lea County , Roosevelt County, and Home Counties .

history

Museum in Whiteface

Cochran County was formed from parts of Bexar County and Young Counties on August 21, 1876 , and the administrative organization was completed in 1924. It was named after Robert E. Cochran (1810–1836), a soldier who died in the Battle of the Alamo .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	25th	-
1910	65	160%
1920	67	3.1%
1930	1963	2,829.9%
1940	3735	90.3%
1950	5928	58.7%
1960	6417	8.2%
1970	5326	-17%
1980	4825	-9.4%
1990	4377	-9.3%
2000	3730	-14.8%
2010	3127	-16.2%
1900-2010 Age pyramid of Cochran County (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Cochran County had 3,730 people in 1,309 households and 1,017 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 64.48 percent white, 4.53 percent African American, 0.83 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 27.35 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.55 percent were descended from two or more races. 44.13 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,309 households, 38.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 63.8 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers and 22.3 percent were non-families. 20.9 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.25 people.

31.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24, 24.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 93.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 27,525 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,163. Males had a median income of $ 25,064 versus $ 17,652 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,125. 21.4 percent of families and 27.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Whiteface

Individual evidence

^ Cochran County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 64 .

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Cochran County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

33.599998 -102.829996Coordinates: 33 ° 36 ′ N , 102 ° 50 ′ W

[1] Cochran County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011