Freeport (Texas)
| Freeport | |
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 Location in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1912 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Brazoria County |
| Coordinates : | 28 ° 58 ′ N , 95 ° 21 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 12,049 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 391.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 34.4 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of which 30.8 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 0 m |
| Postcodes : | 77541, 77542 |
| Area code : | +1 979 |
| FIPS : | 48-27420 |
| GNIS ID : | 1357720 |
| Website : | www.freeport.tx.us |
| Mayor : | Larry McDonald |
Freeport is a city in Texas , United States. It is located about 80 km south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico . Freeport is part of Brazoria County .
history
Freeport was founded in 1912 by the Freeport Sulfur Company . The city experienced a strong economic boom from 1940 when Dow Chemical began building chemical plants. In 1957 Freeport was merged with Velasco (Texas) .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city extends over an area of 34.4 km², 3.6 km² of which is water. At Freeport, Texas’s longest river, the Brazos River , at 1,350 km , flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 1798 | - | |
| 1930 | 3162 | 75.9% | |
| 1940 | 2579 | -18.4% | |
| 1950 | 6012 | 133.1% | |
| 1960 | 11,619 | 93.3% | |
| 1970 | 11,997 | 3.3% | |
| 1980 | 13,444 | 12.1% | |
| 1990 | 11,389 | -15.3% | |
| 2000 | 12,708 | 11.6% | |
| 2010 | 12,049 | -5.2% | |
| 1920-2000, 2010 | |||
According to the 2000 census, 3,097 families live in the city. The population density is 413 people per km². 61.6% of the population see themselves as white. 13.4% of black, 0.6% of Native American and 0.35% of Asian descent. 20.9% of the population describe themselves as belonging to another ethnic group. As Hispanics or Latinos 52% consider.
The median household income is $ 30,245 and the median family income is $ 32,421. The mean size of a household is 3.05, the mean family size is 3.59 people. 22.9% of the population live below the poverty line .
economy
The city's largest employer is the chemical industry. Dow Chemical in particular has several large chemical plants in Freeport. Other companies based there are, for example, BASF and Monsanto . There is a prison in Freeport with more than 2000 employees. Freeport has a seaport .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF file; 1.1 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2015 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 16, 2012
