Crockett County, Texas

administration
The Crockett County Courthouse in Ozona, listed on the NRHP with number 74002066
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Ozone
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Crockett County Courthouse P.O. Drawer C Ozona, TX 76943-2502
Foundation :	1875
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	3719 (2010)
Population density :	0.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	7271 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.co.crockett.tx.us

The Crockett County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county government is based in Ozona .

geography

The county is located west of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 7,271 square kilometers with no significant body of water. The county is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Upton County , Reagan County , Irion County , Schleicher County , Sutton County , Val Verde County , Terrell County , Pecos County, and Crane Counties .

history

Crockett County was formed from parts of Bexar County on January 22, 1875 , and the administrative organization was completed on July 14, 1891. It is named after David Crockett , a legendary border guard and MP in the United States House of Representatives , killed in the Battle of the Alamo .

Seven buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 23, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	127	-
1890	194	52.8%
1900	1591	720.1%
1910	1296	-18.5%
1920	1500	15.7%
1930	2590	72.7%
1940	2809	8.5%
1950	3981	41.7%
1960	4209	5.7%
1970	3885	-7.7%
1980	4608	18.6%
1990	4078	-11.5%
2000	4099	0.5%
2010	3719	-9.3%
1880-2010 Crockett County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Ira and Wilma Carson House , listed on the NRHP with the number 02001062

The ruins of Fort Lancaster , listed on the NRHP with the number 71000928

As of the 2000 census , Crockett County had 4,099 people in 1,524 households and 1,114 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.34 percent white, 0.68 percent African American, 0.59 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 19.71 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.39 percent were descended from two or more races. 54.70 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,524 households, 36.5 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.3 percent were single mothers and 26.9 percent were non-families. 24.7 percent were single households and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.19 people.

28.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.1 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 97.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,355 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,653. Males had a median income of $ 29,925 versus $ 14,695 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,414. 14.9 percent of families and 19.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Crockett County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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@ 2

↑ 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. 74 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 23, 2018.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Crockett County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .