DeWitt County, Texas

administration
The DeWitt County Courthouse in Coero, listed on the NRHP with the number 71000929
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Cuero
Address of the administrative headquarters:	DeWitt County Courthouse 307 N. Gonzales Street Cuero, TX 77954-2970
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Victoria County Goliad County Gonzales County
Area code :	001 361
Demographics
Residents :	20,097 (2010)
Population density :	8.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2358 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.dewitt.tx.us

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

geography

DeWitt County is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas and is approximately 100 km to the southeast from the Gulf of Mexico . It has an area of 2358 km², of which 3 km² are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Lavaca County , Victoria County , Goliad County , Karnes County, and Gonzales County .

history

DeWitt County was formed on March 24, 1846 from parts of Goliad County and Gonzales County and Victoria County. The administrative organization was completed on July 13 of the same year. It was named after the officer and veteran of the British-American War Green DeWitt , the founder of one of the first colonies in what was then still Mexican Texas on the Guadalupe River .

economy

Preparations for the exploitation of oil shale deposits (Eagle Ford Shale) have been underway in the county since 2008 . An oil boom like the one to be expected at the beginning of the 20th century is to be expected.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1716	-
1860	5108	197.7%
1870	6443	26.1%
1880	10,082	56.5%
1890	14.307	41.9%
1900	21,311	49%
1910	23,501	10.3%
1920	27,971	19%
1930	27,441	-1.9%
1940	24,935	-9.1%
1950	22,973	-7.9%
1960	20,683	-10%
1970	18,660	-9.8%
1980	18,903	1.3%
1990	18,840	-0.3%
2000	20,013	6.2%
2010	20.097	0.4%
1850-2010 DeWitt County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , DeWitt County had 20,013 people; 7,207 households and 5,131 families were counted. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.42 percent white, 11.04 percent African American, 0.54 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 10.01 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.75 percent were descended from two or more races. 27.24 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,207 households, 31.0 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 55.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.8 percent were single mothers, and 28.8 percent were non-families. 26.4 percent were single households and 15.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04 people.

23.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 105.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 105.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,714 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,513. Males had a median income of $ 27,134 versus $ 18,370 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,780. 15.3 percent of families and 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Attractions

For a list of historic landmarks, see the list of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in DeWitt County, Texas .

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ DeWitt 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 January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been 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. 85 .

↑ Texas Oil Rush - Blessing or Curse? ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Article of the Tagesspiegel on the oil discovery in the south and east of the state.

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

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