Foard County

Foard County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Crowell
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Foard County Courthouse P.O. Box 539 Crowell, TX 79227-0539
Foundation :	1891
Made up from:	Cottle County Hardeman County King County Knox County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	1336  (2010)
Population density :	0.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1833 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

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

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Texas, about 35 km outside the state of Oklahoma and has an area of ​​1,833 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hardeman County , Wilbarger County , Knox County , King County, and Cottle Counties .

history

Foard County was formed on March 3, 1891 from parts of Cottle County, Hardeman County, King County and Knox County. The administrative organization was completed on April 27 of the same year. It was named after Robert Levi Foard (1831–1898), a Maryland prosecutor who served as an officer in a Texas infantry regiment during the American Civil War .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	25th		-
1900	1568		6,172%
1910	5726		265.2%
1920	4747		-17.1%
1930	6315		33%
1940	5237		-17.1%
1950	4216		-19.5%
1960	3125		-25.9%
1970	2211		-29.2%
1980	2158		-2.4%
1990	1794		-16.9%
2000	1622		-9.6%
2010	1336		-17.6%
1890-2010

Age pyramid of Foard County (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Foard County had 1,622 people in 664 households and 438 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 84.16 percent white, 3.27 percent African American, 0.62 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian and 10.23 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.54 percent were descended from two or more races. 16.34 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 664 households, 29.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 54.1 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers and 34.0 percent were non-families. 31.8 percent were single households and 19.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.02 people.

25.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 5.8 percent between 18 and 24, 22.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 23.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 85.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,813 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,211. Males had a median income of $ 21,852 versus $ 16,450 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,799. 9.9 percent of families and 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Crowell
• Foard City
• Margaret
• Rayland
• Thalia

Individual evidence

1. ^ Foard 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 dated February 8, 2013 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 , pp. 102f .
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ Foard County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Foard County Profile" of the Texas Association of Counties (Eng.)

Coordinates: 33 ° 59 ′  N , 99 ° 47 ′  W