Conroe (Texas)

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Conroe
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Location of Conroe in Texas
Basic data
Foundation : 1904
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Montgomery County
Coordinates : 30 ° 19 ′  N , 95 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 19 ′  N , 95 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 56.207 (as of 2010)
Population density : 574.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 98.1 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of
which 97.9 km 2  (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 63 m
Postcodes : 77300-77399
Area code : +1 936
FIPS : 48-16432
GNIS ID : 1333238
Website : www.cityofconroe.org
Mayor : Tommy Metcalf

Conroe is the district capital and seat of the county seat of Montgomery County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located on Interstate 45 almost centrally in the county, in southeast Texas, is about 100 km from the Gulf of Mexico in the south and has a total area of ​​98.1 km 2 , of which 0.2 km 2 is water.

history

The area was first settled around 1830. The town was named after Isaac Conroe , a lumberjack who came to the area in 1881 and built a sawmill on Stewarts Creek , with which he supplied the International Great Northern Railroad with timber, with a small one Branch line connected its operation with the main line. In 1884 the first post office was opened in the sawmill.

Around 1885, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway expanded its network to include the Navasota - Montgomery route and the timber industry flourished again. In 1889 the population had risen to 300 and the city became the seat of the county government. In 1892 there were already five steam-powered mills. In the 1930s the city experienced an oil boom , at the top of which the population rose to over 10,000.

Demographics

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1910 1374 -
1920 1858 35.2%
1930 2457 32.2%
1940 4624 88.2%
1950 7298 57.8%
1960 9192 26%
1970 11,969 30.2%
1980 18,034 50.7%
1990 27,675 53.5%
2000 36,811 33%
2010 56.207 52.7%
1910-2000, 2010

According to the 2000 census, 36,811 people lived here in 13,145 households and 8,728 families. The population density was 376.1 people per km 2 . The racial the population was composed of 71.16% White, 11.13% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 13.38% other ethnic groups. About 2.93% were mixed race and 32.62% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 13,145 households, 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.5% of these were married couples living together. 13.5% were single mothers and 33.6% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were single households and there were people living in 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.33 people.

28.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 13.4% 18 to 24, 31.6% 25 to 44, 17.3% 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 101.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 98.9 men.

The median income for a household in the 34,123 USD , and the median income for a family 37,201 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,468 versus $ 23,025 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,841. 19.3% of the population and 15.0% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 26.3% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.8% were 65 or older.

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.1 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ US Census ( Memento from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 16, 2012.