Crane County

Crane County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Crane
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Crane County Courthouse P.O. Box 578 Crane, TX 79731-0578
Foundation :	1887
Made up from:	Tom Green County
Area code :	001 432
Demographics
Residents :	4375  (2010)
Population density :	2.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2035 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map
Website : www.co.crane.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located west of the geographic center of Texas, about 50 km from the southeasternmost tip of New Mexico , and covers an area of ​​2035 square kilometers with no significant body of water. The county is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Ector County , Upton Counties , Crockett Counties , Pecos Counties , and Ward Counties .

history

Crane County was formed from parts of Tom Green County on February 26, 1887 , and the administrative organization was completed in 1927. It was named after William Carey Crane (1816-1865), a priest and president of Baylor University in Waco .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	15th		-
1900	51		240%
1910	331		549%
1920	37		-88.8%
1930	2221		5,902.7%
1940	2841		27.9%
1950	3965		39.6%
1960	4699		18.5%
1970	4172		-11.2%
1980	4600		10.3%
1990	4652		1.1%
2000	3996		-14.1%
2010	4375		9.5%
1890-2010

Crane County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Crane County had 3,996 people in 1,360 households and 1,082 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 73.70 percent white, 2.90 percent African American, 0.98 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian and 19.49 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.58 percent were descended from two or more races. 43.87 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,360 households, 43.4 percent had children or young people living with them. 67.8 percent were married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers and 20.4 percent were non-families. 18.8 percent were single households and 9.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.35 people.

31.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44, 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 90.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,194 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,820. Males had a median income of $ 33,438 versus $ 16,806 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,374. 12.4 percent of families and 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

economy

Oil production is the county's most important economic segment. The Waddell Ranch had more than 800 oil wells in 2007. Crane County is one of the largest oil counties in Texas. Approximately 1.5 billion barrels (240,000,000 m³) have been produced since the county's first discovery of oil.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Crane 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 
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. 72 .
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ Crane County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Official website ,
• Crane County in the Handbook of Texas , (Eng.)
• Crane County Profile of the Texas Association of Counties , (Eng.)

Coordinates: 31 ° 25 ′  N , 102 ° 31 ′  W