Eastland County

administration
Eastland County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Eastland
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Eastland County Courthouse P.O. Box 110 Eastland, TX 76448-0110
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Bosque County Coryell County Travis County
Area code :	001 254
Demographics
Residents :	18,583 (2010)
Population density :	7.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2414 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

Website : county.eastlandcountytexas.com

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

geography

The county is located about 50 km north of geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2,414 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Stephens County , Palo Pinto County , Erath County , Comanche County , Brown County, and Callahan Counties .

history

Eastland County was formed from parts of Bosque County , Coryell County and Travis County on February 1, 1858 , and the administrative organization was completed on December 2, 1873. It was named after William Mosby Eastland , an officer and Texas ranger during the Texas Revolution . After a failed mission, he was imprisoned in Mexico and executed in 1843.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	99	-
1870	88	-11.1%
1880	4855	5,417%
1890	10,373	113.7%
1900	17,971	73.2%
1910	23,421	30.3%
1920	58.505	149.8%
1930	34,156	-41.6%
1940	30,345	-11.2%
1950	23,942	-21.1%
1960	19,526	-18.4%
1970	18.092	-7.3%
1980	19,480	7.7%
1990	18,488	-5.1%
2000	18,297	-1 %
2010	18,583	1.6%
1860-2010 Eastland County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The First American Bank in Ranger

After the census in 2000, lived in the Eastland County 18,297 people; 7,321 households and 5,036 families were counted. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 91.03 percent white, 2.18 percent African American, 0.48 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 4.83 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.25 percent were descended from two or more races. 10.80 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,321 households, 27.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 55.4 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers and 31.2 percent were non-families. 28.6 percent were single households and 16.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.93 people.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.8 percent between 18 and 24, 22.3 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 90.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,832 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,562. Males had a median income of $ 25,598 versus $ 17,112 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,870. 12.1 percent of families and 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Eastland County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original dated April 2, 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. 92 .

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

↑ Eastland County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .