Ector County

Ector County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Odessa
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Ector County Courthouse P.O. Box 707 Odessa, TX 79760
Foundation :	1887
Made up from:	Tom Green County
Area code :	001 432
Demographics
Residents :	137,130  (2010)
Population density :	58.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2335 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map
Website : www.co.ector.tx.us

The Ector County is a county in the US state of Texas in the United States. The county seat is in Odessa .

geography

The county is located west of the geographic center of Texas and about 30 km from the southeast corner of New Mexico . It has an area of ​​2334 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Andrews County , Midland County , Crane County , Ward County, and Winkler County .

history

Ector County was formed from parts of Tom Green County on February 26, 1887 , and the administrative organization was completed on January 6, 1891. It was named after Mathew Duncan Ector , a Brigadier General of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War , who lost a leg in the siege of Atlanta in 1864 . He later served as a judge on the Texas Court of Appeals .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	224		-
1900	381		70.1%
1910	1178		209.2%
1920	760		-35.5%
1930	3958		420.8%
1940	15.051		280.3%
1950	42.102		179.7%
1960	90.995		116.1%
1970	91,805		0.9%
1980	115.374		25.7%
1990	118,934		3.1%
2000	121.123		1.8%
2010	137.130		13.2%
1890-2010 Ector County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Globe Theater at Odessa College

Replica of Stonehenge at the University of Texas

As of the 2000 census , Ector County had 121,123 people in 43,846 households and 31,700 families. The population density was 52 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 73.69 percent white, 4.61 percent African American, 0.83 percent Native American, 0.64 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 17.38 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.81 percent were descended from two or more races. 42.36 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 43,846 households, 38.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 54.1 percent were married couples living together, 13.7 percent were single mothers and 27.7 percent were non-families. 24.0 percent were single households and 8.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.25 people.

30.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.5 percent between 18 and 24, 27.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 90.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 31,152 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,369. Males had a median income of $ 30,632 versus $ 21,317 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,031. 16.1 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Arcade
• Douro
• Gardendale
• Goldsmith
• Judkins
• North Cowden
• Notrees
• Odessa
• Penwell
• West Odessa

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ector County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ 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 
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. 92 .
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ Ector County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Ector County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Ector County profiles" of the Texas Association of Counties (Engl.)

Coordinates: 31 ° 52 ′  N , 102 ° 32 ′  W