Gaines County

Gaines County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Seminole
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Gaines County Courthouse 101 S. Main Street Seminole, TX 79360-4342
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 432
Demographics
Residents :	17,526  (2010)
Population density :	4.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3892 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map
Website : www.gainescountyonline.us

The Gaines County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Seminole . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas and borders the state of New Mexico to the west . It has an area of ​​3892 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Yoakum County , Dawson County , Andrews County, and in New Mexico by Lea County .

history

Gaines County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . The administrative organization was completed on October 24, 1905. It was named after James Gaines (1776-1856), a signatory of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas and a member of its Senate.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	8th		-
1890	68		750%
1900	55		-19.1%
1910	1255		2,181.8%
1920	1018		-18.9%
1930	2800		175%
1940	8136		190.6%
1950	8909		9.5%
1960	12,267		37.7%
1970	11,593		-5.5%
1980	13,150		13.4%
1990	14,123		7.4%
2000	14,467		2.4%
2010	17,526		21.1%
1880-2010 Gaines County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Oil production facility in Gaines County

According to the 2000 census , Gaines County had 14,467 people in 4,681 households and 3,754 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.28 percent white, 2.28 percent African American, 0.76 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 14.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.35 percent were descended from two or more races. 35.77 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,681 households, 45.3 percent had children or young people living with them. 67.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers and 19.8 percent were non-families. 18.2 percent were single households and 8.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 3.70 and the average family size was 3.53 people.

35.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 and 24, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44, 18.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 97 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 94 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,432 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,046. Males had a median income of $ 29,580 versus $ 16,996 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,088. 17.3 percent of families and 21.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Ashmore
• Higginbotham
• Loop
• Seagraves
• Seminole

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gaines County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 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 
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 , p. 109 .
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ Gaines County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Gaines County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Gaines County Profile" from the "Texas Association of Counties"
• Gaines County on factfinder.de

Coordinates: 32 ° 44 ′  N , 102 ° 38 ′  W