Delta County, Texas

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Delta County Courthouse
Delta County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : cooper
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Delta County Courthouse
P.O. Box 455
Cooper, TX 75432-0455
Foundation : 1870
Made up from: Lamar County
Hopkins County
Area code : 001 903
Demographics
Residents : 5231  (2010)
Population density : 7.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 720 km²
Water surface : 2 km²
map
Map of Delta County within Texas
Website : www.deltacountytx.com

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

geography

The county is northeast of the geographic center of Texas and about 45 km to the north from the state of Oklahoma . It has an area of ​​720 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lamar County , Hopkins County , Hunt County and Fannin County .

history

Delta County was formed on July 29, 1870 from parts of Hopkins County and Lamar County. It was named after its triangular shape and thus after the Greek letter Delta .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 5597 -
1890 9117 62.9%
1900 15,249 67.3%
1910 14,566 -4.5%
1920 15,887 9.1%
1930 13,138 -17.3%
1940 12,858 -2.1%
1950 8964 -30.3%
1960 5860 -34.6%
1970 4927 -15.9%
1980 4839 -1.8%
1990 4857 0.4%
2000 5327 9.7%
2010 5231 -1.8%
1880-2010
Delta County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The Cooper Lake State Park

As of the 2000 census , Delta County had a population of 5,506; 2,094 households and 1,461 families were counted. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.9 percent white, 8.3 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.1 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,094 households, 30.2 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers, and 30.2 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent were single households and 14.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.02 people.

25.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.5 percent between 18 and 24, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44, 23.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 88.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 29,094 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,925. Males had a median income of $ 31,597 versus $ 20,296 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,080. 14.6 percent of families and 17.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Delta 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uscounties.org
  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. 83 .
  4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  5. ^ Delta County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 33 ° 23 ′  N , 95 ° 40 ′  W