Comal County

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The Comal County Courthouse in New Braunfels, listed in the NRHP with the number 76002017 [1]
The Comal County Courthouse in New Braunfels, listed on the NRHP with the number 76002017
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : New Braunfels
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
150 N. Seguin Street
Suite 301
New Braunfels, TX 78130-5122
Foundation : 1846
Made up from: Bexar County
Area code : 001 830
Demographics
Residents : 108,472  (2010)
Population density : 74.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1488 km²
Water surface : 34 km²
map
Map of Comal County within Texas
Website : www.co.comal.tx.us

The Comal County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in New Braunfels .

geography

The county is located about 100 km southeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​1,488 square kilometers, of which 34 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Blanco County , Hays County , Guadalupe County , Bexar County, and Kendall Counties .

history

Comal County was formed on March 24, 1846 from parts of Bexar County. It was named after the Comal River , whose name goes back to the Spanish term for pan and describes the flat landscape of the area.

16 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 20, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 1723 -
1860 4030 133.9%
1870 5288 31.2%
1880 5546 4.9%
1890 6398 15.4%
1900 7008 9.5%
1910 8434 20.3%
1920 8824 4.6%
1930 11,984 35.8%
1940 12,321 2.8%
1950 16,357 32.8%
1960 19,844 21.3%
1970 24,165 21.8%
1980 36,446 50.8%
1990 51,832 42.2%
2000 78.021 50.5%
2010 108,472 39%
1850-2010
Age pyramid of Comal County (as of 2000)
Gruene Family Home in the Gruene Historic District , listed in the NRHP with the number 75001962
The Guadalupe River in the Guadalupe River State Park

As of the 2000 census , Comal County had 78,021 people in 29,066 households and 21,886 families. The population density was 54 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.08 percent white, 0.95 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.46 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.98 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.96 percent were descended from two or more races. 22.57 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 29,066 households, 33.3 percent had children or young people living with them. 62.8 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers and 24.7 percent were non-families. 20.6 percent were single households and 9.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.05 people.

25.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 46,147 , and the median income for a family is $ 52,455. Males had a median income of $ 36,048 versus $ 25,940 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,914. 6.4 percent of families and 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ Comal County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ 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. 68 .
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  7. ↑ Comal County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 29 ° 49 ′  N , 98 ° 17 ′  W