Crosby County

administration
Crosby County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Crosbyton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 201 W. Aspen Suite 104 Crosbyton, TX 79322-2500
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	6059 (2010)
Population density :	2.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2335 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.co.crosby.tx.us

The Crosby County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Crosbyton . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2,335 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Floyd County , Dickens County , Garza County, and Lubbock Counties .

history

Crosby County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County and Young County , and the administrative organization was completed on September 11, 1886. It was named after Stephen Crosby (1808-1869), a high administrative officer in Texas and steamship captain.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	82	-
1890	346	322%
1900	788	127.7%
1910	1765	124%
1920	6084	244.7%
1930	11,023	81.2%
1940	10,046	-8.9%
1950	9582	-4.6%
1960	10,347	8th %
1970	9085	-12.2%
1980	8859	-2.5%
1990	7304	-17.6%
2000	7072	-3.2%
2010	6059	-14.3%
1880-2010 Crosby County Age Pyramid

The Mount Blanco

According to the 2000 census , Crosby County's 7,072 people lived in 2,512 households and 1,866 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 63.77 percent white, 3.89 percent African American, 0.54 percent Native American, 0.03 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 29.89 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.81 percent were descended from two or more races. 48.93 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,512 households, 35.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 59.0 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers and 25.7 percent were non-families. 23.8 percent were single households and 13.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.30 people.

30.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 24.0 percent between 25 and 44, 21.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 87.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 25,769 , and the median income for a family was $ 29,891. Males had a median income of $ 23,775 versus $ 17,229 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,445. 22.6 percent of families and 28.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Crosby County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . 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 .

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

^ Crosby County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .