Fayette County, Texas

administration
The Fayette County Courthouse and Jail in La Grange, listed on the NRHP with the number 75001973
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	La Grange
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Fayette County Courthouse P.O. Box 59 La Grange, TX 78945
Foundation :	1837
Made up from:	Bastrop County
Area code :	001 979
Demographics
Residents :	24,554 (2010)
Population density :	10 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2486 km²
Water surface :	25 km²
map

Website : www.co.fayette.tx.us

The Fayette County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in La Grange .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2,486 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Lee County , Washington County , Austin County , Colorado County , Lavaca County , Gonzales County , Caldwell County, and Bastrop County .

history

Fayette County was formed on December 14, 1837 from parts of Bastrop County. It was named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , a French general who served in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence and later played a major role in the French Revolution .

23 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 20, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3756	-
1860	11,604	208.9%
1870	16,863	45.3%
1880	27,996	66%
1890	31,481	12.4%
1900	36,542	16.1%
1910	29,796	-18.5%
1920	29,965	0.6%
1930	30,708	2.5%
1940	29,246	-4.8%
1950	24,176	-17.3%
1960	20,384	-15.7%
1970	17,650	-13.4%
1980	18,832	6.7%
1990	20,095	6.7%
2000	21,804	8.5%
2010	24,554	12.6%
1850-2010 Fayette County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

William Neese Homestead , listed in the NRHP with the number 75001977

State Highway 71 Bridge over the Colorado River (Gulf of Mexico) , listed in the NRHP with the number 96001120

As of the 2000 census , Fayette County had 21,804 people in 8,722 households and 6,044 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 84.58 percent white, 7.01 percent African American, 0.36 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.66 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.11 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.78 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,722 households, 28.5 percent had children or young people living with them. 58.0 percent were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers and 30.7 percent were non-families. 28.0 percent were single households and 16.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

23.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24, 23.6 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 22.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 34,526 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,156. Males had a median income of $ 29,008 versus $ 20,859 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,888. 8.1 percent of families and 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

^ Fayette County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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. 100 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 20, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 20, 2019.