Falls County

administration
The Falls County Courthouse in Marlin, listed on the NRHP with number 00001532
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	marlin
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Falls County Courthouse P.O. Box 458 Marlin, TX 76661-0458
Foundation :	1850
Made up from:	Limestone County Milam County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	17,866 (2010)
Population density :	9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2004 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

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

geography

The county is located east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2004 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Limestone County , Robertson County , Milam County , Bell County, and McLennan Counties .

history

Falls County was formed on January 28, 1850 from parts of Limestone County and Milam County. The administrative organization was completed on August 5th of the same year. It was named after the waterfalls on the Brazos River .

Two structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of May 19, 2019, the Falls County Courthouse and the Westphalia Rural Historic District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3614	-
1870	9851	172.6%
1880	16,240	64.9%
1890	20,706	27.5%
1900	33,342	61%
1910	35,649	6.9%
1920	36,217	1.6%
1930	38,771	7.1%
1940	35,984	-7.2%
1950	26,724	-25.7%
1960	21,263	-20.4%
1970	17,300	-18.6%
1980	17,946	3.7%
1990	17,712	-1.3%
2000	18,576	4.9%
2010	17,866	-3.8%
1860-2010 Fall Countys age pyramid (as of 2000)

Church of the Visitation

As of the 2000 census , Falls County had 18,576 people in 6,496 households and 4,410 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 61.50 percent white, 27.45 percent African American, 0.50 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.81 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.59 percent were descended from two or more races. 15.83 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,496 households, 30.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 48.2 percent were married couples living together, 15.6 percent were single mothers, and 32.1 percent were non-families. 29.4 percent were single households and 15.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.15 people.

27.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.8 percent between 18 and 24, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44, 20.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 85.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 74.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,589 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,666. Males had a median income of $ 27,042 versus $ 20,128 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,311. 18.8 percent of families and 22.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Falls 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 August 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 @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. 99 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 19, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 19, 2019.

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

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