Coke County

administration
Coke County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Robert Lee
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Coke County Courthouse P.O. Box 150 Robert Lee, TX 76945
Foundation :	1889
Made up from:	Tom Green County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	3320 (2010)
Population density :	1.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2403 km²
Water surface :	76 km²
map

Website : www.co.coke.tx.us

The Coke County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Robert Lee .

geography

The county is located approximately 100 km northwest of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2,403 square kilometers, of which 76 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Nolan County , Runnels County , Tom Green County , Sterling County, and Mitchell Counties .

history

Coke County was formed in 1889 from parts of Tom Green County. It was named after Richard Coke , the 15th governor of Texas.

Two of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 19, 2018, the Coke County Jail and Fort Chadbourne .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	2059	-
1900	3430	66.6%
1910	6412	86.9%
1920	4557	-28.9%
1930	5253	15.3%
1940	4590	-12.6%
1950	4045	-11.9%
1960	3589	-11.3%
1970	3087	-14%
1980	3196	3.5%
1990	3424	7.1%
2000	3864	12.9%
2010	3320	-14.1%
1890-2010 Coke County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Coke County Jail , county jail listed on the NRHP as # 04001395

Robert Lee State Bank

According to the 2000 census , Coke County had 3,864 people in 1,544 households and 1,068 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.85 percent white, 1.94 percent African American, 0.78 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.94 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.40 percent were descended from two or more races. 16.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,544 households, 27.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 58.4 percent were married, couples living together, 8.1 percent were single mothers and 30.8 percent were non-families. 29.0 percent were single households and 18.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.84 people.

24.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.5 percent between 18 and 24, 20.5 percent between 25 and 44, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 24.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 100 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 94.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,085 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,724. Males had a median income of $ 30,778 versus $ 19,596 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,734. 9.7 percent of families and 13.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.