Dimmit County

The Dimmit County Courthouse in Carrizo Springs, listed on the NRHP with the number 84001652
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Carrizo Springs
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Dimmit County Courthouse 103 N. 5th Street Carrizo Springs, TX 78834-3161
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Bexar County Maverick County Uvalde County Webb County
Area code :	001 210
Demographics
Residents :	9996  (2010)
Population density :	2.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3456 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
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The Dimmit County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Carrizo Springs .

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of Texas and borders Mexico at its southwestern tip . It has an area of ​​3456 km², of which 9 km² are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Zavala County , La Salle County , Webb County, and Maverick County .

history

Dimmit County was formed on February 1, 1858 from parts of Bexar County , Maverick County, Uvalde County, and Webb County. The administrative organization was completed on November 2, 1880. It was named after Philip Dimmitt , an officer during the Texan Revolution . Dimmit committed suicide in 1841 to avoid incarceration in a Mexican prison.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1870	109		-
1880	665		510.1%
1890	1049		57.7%
1900	1106		5.4%
1910	3460		212.8%
1920	5296		53.1%
1930	8828		66.7%
1940	8542		-3.2%
1950	10,654		24.7%
1960	10,095		-5.2%
1970	9039		-10.5%
1980	11,367		25.8%
1990	10,433		-8.2%
2000	10,248		-1.8%
2010	9996		-2.5%
1870-2010 Dimmit County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Historic First Baptist Church in Corrizo Springs

According to the 2000 census , Dimmit County had 10,248 people in 3,308 households and 2,646 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.95 percent white, 0.88 percent African American, 0.70 percent Native American, 0.66 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 18.23 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.51 percent were descended from two or more races. 84.97 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,308 households, 42.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 57.4 percent were married couples living together, 17.2 percent were single mothers and 20.0 percent were non-families. 18.0 percent were single households and 9.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 3.60 and the average family size was 3.48 people.

33.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.8 percent between 18 and 24, 24.7 percent between 25 and 44, 20.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 21,917 , and the median income for a family is $ 24,579. Males had a median income of $ 25,000 versus $ 15,370 for women. The per capita income was 9,765. 33.2 percent of the population and 29.7 percent of families lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Asherton
• Big Wells
• Brundage
• Carrizo Hill
• Carrizo Springs
• Catarina
• Valley Wells
• Winter Haven (Texas)

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Dimmit County

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ↑ Dimmit County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
3. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 25, 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 
4. ↑ 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. 86 .
5. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
6. ^ Dimmit County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Dimmit County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• Texas Association of Counties "Dimmit County Profile"
• Historical materials on the history of Dimmit Counties from the Portal to Texas History

Coordinates: 28 ° 25 ′  N , 99 ° 45 ′  W