Comanche County, Texas

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Comanche County Courthouse
Comanche County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Comanche
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Comanche County Courthouse
Comanche, TX 76442-3264
Foundation : 1856
Made up from: Bosque County
Coryell County
Area code : 001 915
Demographics
Residents : 13,974  (2010)
Population density : 5.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2454 km²
Water surface : 26 km²
map
Map of Comanche County within Texas

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

geography

The county is located about 50 km northeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​2,454 square kilometers, of which 26 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Erath County , Hamilton County , Mills County , Brown County, and Eastland County .

history

Comanche County was formed on January 25, 1856 from parts of Bosque County and Coryell County . It was named after the Comanches , an Indian people.

One building in the county is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 22, 2018, the Captain James & Susannah Cunningham Homestead .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 709 -
1870 1001 41.2%
1880 8608 759.9%
1890 15,608 81.3%
1900 23.009 47.4%
1910 27,186 18.2%
1920 25,748 -5.3%
1930 18,430 -28.4%
1940 19,245 4.4%
1950 15,516 -19.4%
1960 11,865 -23.5%
1970 11,898 0.3%
1980 12,617 6%
1990 13,381 6.1%
2000 14,026 4.8%
2010 13,974 -0.4%
1860-2010
Age pyramid of Comanche County (as of 2000)
Proctor Dam
Proctor Lake

As of the 2000 census , Comanche County had 14,026 people; 5,522 households and 3,926 families were counted. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.30 percent white, 0.44 percent African American, 0.61 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 9.70 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.82 percent were descended from two or more races. 20.88 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,522 households, 29.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 59.2 percent were married couples living together, 8.1 percent were single mothers, and 28.9 percent were non-families. 26.3 percent were single households and 15.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

25.3 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.1 percent between 18 and 24, 23.3 percent between 25 and 44, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 94.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 28,422 , and the median income for a family was $ 34,810. Males had a median income of $ 26,094 versus $ 18,912 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,677. 13.9 percent of families and 17.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Comanche County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 68 .
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  6. ↑ Comanche County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 31 ° 57 ′  N , 98 ° 34 ′  W