Duval County, Texas

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Duval County Courthouse
Duval County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : San Diego
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Duval County Courthouse
P.O. Box 248
San Diego, TX 78384-1816
Foundation : 1858
Made up from: Live Oak County
Nueces County
Starr County
Area code : 001 512
Demographics
Residents : 11,782  (2010)
Population density : 2.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 4651 km²
Water surface : 8 km²
map
Map of Duval County within Texas

The Duval County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in San Diego .

geography

The county is south of the geographic center of Texas and about 60 km to the west from Mexico . In the east it is about 80 km to the Gulf of Mexico . It has an area of ​​4651 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: McMullen County , Live Oak County , Jim Wells County , Brooks County , Jim Hogg County, and Webb Counties .

history

Duval County was formed on February 1, 1858 from parts of Live Oak County, Nueces County and Starr Counties , and the administrative organization was completed on November 7, 1876. The background of the naming is not fully clarified. The name could go back to one of the three Duval brothers Burr H., John Crittenden or Thomas Howard, or all three. Burr H. DuVal was an officer during the Texas Revolution and died in the Goliad massacre . John Crittenden Duval was a Texas Ranger and author. Thomas Howard Duval was a federal judge and Secretary of State of Texas from 1851 to 1855 .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 1083 -
1880 5732 429.3%
1890 7598 32.6%
1900 8483 11.6%
1910 8964 5.7%
1920 8251 -8th %
1930 12.191 47.8%
1940 20,565 68.7%
1950 15,643 -23.9%
1960 13,398 -14.4%
1970 11,722 -12.5%
1980 12,517 6.8%
1990 12,918 3.2%
2000 13,120 1.6%
2010 11,782 -10.2%
1870-2010
Duval County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Entrance to LJ Blessings Ranch near Freer

According to the 2000 census , Duval County had 13,120 people. 584 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 4,350 households and 3,266 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.22 percent white, 0.54 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 15.46 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.11 percent were from two or more races. 87.99 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,350 households, 36.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 53.2 percent were married, cohabiting couples, 16.8 percent were single mothers and 24.9 percent were non-families. 22.9 percent were single households and 11.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.40 people.

29.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 20.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 102.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 22,416 , and the median income for a family is $ 26,014. Males had a median income of $ 25,601 versus $ 16,250 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,324. 23.0 percent of families and 27.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Duval 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 January 17, 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@ 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. 91 .
  4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  5. ^ Duval County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 27 ° 41 ′  N , 98 ° 31 ′  W