Concho County

The Concho County Courthouse in Paint Rock, listed on the NRHP as # 77001433
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Paint rock
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Concho County Courthouse P.O. Box 98 Paint Rock, TX 76866-0098
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	4087  (2010)
Population density :	1.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2574 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map
Website : www.co.concho.tx.us

The Concho County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Paint Rock .

geography

The county is located about 50 km west of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of ​​2574 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Runnels County , Coleman County , McCulloch County , Menard County , Schleicher County, and Tom Green County .

history

Concho County was formed on February 1, 1858 from parts of Bexar County . It was named after the Concho River , the name of which goes back to the Spanish name for "mussel" and probably refers to the mussel shells in the area.

Four buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 22, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	800		-
1890	1065		33.1%
1900	1427		34%
1910	6654		366.3%
1920	5847		-12.1%
1930	7645		30.8%
1940	6192		-19%
1950	5078		-18%
1960	3672		-27.7%
1970	2937		-20%
1980	2915		-0.7%
1990	3044		4.4%
2000	3966		30.3%
2010	4087		3.1%
1880-2010 Age pyramid of Concho County (as of 2000)

County boundary sign

According to the 2000 census , Concho County had 3,966 people in 1,058 households and 757 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.20 percent white, 0.98 percent African American, 0.48 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, 0.10 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.93 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.24 percent were descended from two or more races. 41.33 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,058 households, 29.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 59.4 percent were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers, and 28.4 percent were non-families. 26.6 percent were single households and 14.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

16.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24, 38.2 percent between 25 and 44, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 181.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 209.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 31,313 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,894. Males had a median income of $ 20,750 versus $ 21,458 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,727. 7.5 percent of families and 11.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Concho Eden Eola

Lowake Millersview

Paint rock Vick

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Concho County

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ^ Concho County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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 
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 22, 2018.
6. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
7. ^ Concho County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Concho County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Concho County profiles" of the Texas Association of Counties (Engl.)

Coordinates: 31 ° 20 ′  N , 99 ° 52 ′  W