Devers (Texas)
| Devers | |
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 Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Liberty County |
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 2 ′ N , 94 ° 36 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 416 (status: 2000) |
| Population density : | 86.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.8 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.8 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 18 m |
| Postal code : | 77538 |
| Area code : | +1 936 |
| FIPS : | 48-20140 |
| GNIS ID : | 1334286 |
Devers is a city in Liberty County in the US state of Texas in the United States .
geography
The city is located in the southeast corner of the county, in southeast Texas, about 70 km to the east from Louisiana , and about 55 km to the southeast from the Gulf of Mexico .
history
When it was founded in 1832, the settlement was called Carter Station , named after one of the first settlers, later Dever's Woods , after Thomas Philip and John Dever. Around 1870 the place got connection to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad and in 1874 the first post office. In 1892 the name was changed to its current form.
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census, 416 people lived here in 141 households and 111 families. The population density was 85.9 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 69.47% White, 14.90% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 13.94% other ethnic groups. About 1.44% were mixed race and 20.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 141 households, 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.8% of them were married couples living together. 12.8% were single mothers and 20.6% were non-families. 16.3% of all households were single households and there were people living in 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.31 people.
30.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 5.8% 18 to 24, 28.6% 25 to 44, 22.8% 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 87.1 men.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,278 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,042. Males had a median income of $ 30,625 versus $ 15,208 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,962. 22.6% of the population and 23.6% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 23.5% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 16.7% were 65 or older.
See also
Web links
- Handbook of Texas (English)
- Statistics Devers (TX) of city-data (English)