Coleman County

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Coleman County Courthouse
Coleman County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Coleman
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Coleman County Courthouse
P.O. Box 591
Coleman, TX 76834-0591
Foundation : 1858
Made up from: Brown County
Travis County
Area code : 001 915
Demographics
Residents : 8895  (2010)
Population density : 2.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3319 km²
Water surface : 55 km²
map
Map of Coleman County within Texas
Website : www.co.coleman.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located near the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​3,319 square kilometers, of which 55 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Callahan County , Brown County , McCulloch County , Concho County , Runnels County, and Taylor County .

history

Coleman County was formed from parts of Brown County and Travis Counties on February 1, 1858 , and the administrative organization was completed on October 6, 1864. It was named after Robert M. Coleman (1797-1837), a soldier during the Texas Revolution and aide-de-camp of Sam Houston .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 347 -
1880 3603 938.3%
1890 6112 69.6%
1900 10,077 64.9%
1910 22,618 124.5%
1920 18.805 -16.9%
1930 23,669 25.9%
1940 20,571 -13.1%
1950 15,503 -24.6%
1960 12,458 -19.6%
1970 10,288 -17.4%
1980 10,439 1.5%
1990 9710 -7%
2000 9235 -4.9%
2010 8895 -3.7%
1870-2010
Coleman County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Coleman County had 9,235 people in 3,889 households and 2,609 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.53 percent white, 2.19 percent African American, 0.62 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.53 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.91 percent were descended from two or more races. 13.96 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,889 households, 27.2 percent had children or young people living with them. 53.8 percent were married couples living together, 9.3 percent were single mothers, and 32.9 percent were non-families. 30.2 percent were single households and 17.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

23.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.6 percent between 18 and 24, 22.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 23.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 92.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 88.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 25,658 , and the median income for a family was $ 31,168. Males had a median income of $ 25,993 versus $ 17,378 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,911. 15.5 percent of families and 19.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Coleman 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uscounties.org
  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. 66 .
  4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  5. ↑ Data sheet with the results of the census in 2000 at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 31 ° 46 ′  N , 99 ° 27 ′  W