Frio County

administration
Frio County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Pearsall
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Frio County Courthouse 500 E. San Antoinio Street Pearsall, TX 78061-1423
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Atascosa County Bexar County Uvalde County
Area code :	001 830
Demographics
Residents :	17,217 (2010)
Population density :	5.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2983 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.frio.tx.us

The Frio County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Pearsall .

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of Texas and, with its southwestern border, is about 70 km from Mexico . It has an area of 2938 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Medina County , Atascosa County , La Salle County, and Zavala County .

history

Frio County was formed on February 1, 1858 from parts of Atascosa County, Bexar County, and Uvalde County. The administrative organization was completed on July 20, 1871. It was named after the Frio River , whose name is derived from the Spanish frio (German: "cold").

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of May 26, 2019, the Old Frio County Jail .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	42	-
1870	309	635.7%
1880	2130	589.3%
1890	3112	46.1%
1900	4200	35%
1910	8895	111.8%
1920	9296	4.5%
1930	9411	1.2%
1940	9207	-2.2%
1950	10,357	12.5%
1960	10.112	-2.4%
1970	11,159	10.4%
1980	13,785	23.5%
1990	13,472	-2.3%
2000	16,252	20.6%
2010	17,217	5.9%
1850-2010 Age pyramid of Frio County (as of 2000)

The Frio County Cemetery

According to the 2000 census , Frio County had 16,252 people in 4,743 households and 3,642 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 71.86 percent white, 4.87 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 0.41 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 19.76 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.50 percent were descended from two or more races. 73.76 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,743 households, 40.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 55.2 percent were married couples living together, 16.0 percent were single mothers and 23.2 percent were non-families. 20.6 percent were single households and 9.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.44 people.

28.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11.2 percent between 18 and 24, 30.8 percent between 25 and 44, 18.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 121.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 130.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 24,504 , and the median income for a family is $ 26,578. Males had a median income of $ 23,810 versus $ 16,498 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,069. 24.5 percent of families and 29.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Frio 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 December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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. 107 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 26, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 26, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1860–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Frio County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .