Gonzales County

administration
The Gonzales County Courthouse in Gonzales, listed on the NRHP with number 72001364
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Gonzales
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Gonzales County P.O. Box 77 Gonzales, TX 78629-4069
Foundation :	1836
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 830
Demographics
Residents :	19,807 (2010)
Population density :	7.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2771 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.co.gonzales.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas, about 140 km off the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 2,771 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Fayette County , Lavaca County , DeWitt County , Karnes County , Wilson County , Guadalupe County, and Caldwell County .

history

Gonzales County was formed as the original county in 1836. It was named after the city of Gonzales , which bears the name of Rafael Gonzalez (1789-1857). He was an officer in the Spanish army and in 1824 governor of the Mexican provinces of Texas and Coahuila .

11 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 1, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1492	-
1860	8059	440.1%
1870	8951	11.1%
1880	14,840	65.8%
1890	18,016	21.4%
1900	28,882	60.3%
1910	28,055	-2.9%
1920	28,438	1.4%
1930	28,337	-0.4%
1940	26,075	-8th %
1950	21,164	-18.8%
1960	17,845	-15.7%
1970	16,375	-8.2%
1980	16,883	3.1%
1990	17.205	1.9%
2000	18,628	8.3%
2010	19,807	6.3%
1850-2010 Gonzales County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Lakewood

Palmetto State Park

As of the 2000 census , Gonzales County had 18,628 people in 6,782 households and 4,876 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 72.25 percent white, 8.39 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 16.48 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.01 percent were descended from two or more races. 39.62 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,782 households, 34.2 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 54.0 percent were married couples living together, 12.3 percent were single mothers and 28.1 percent were non-families. 25.2 percent were single households and 14.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.21 people.

28.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44, 20.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 95 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,368 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,218. Males had a median income of $ 23,439 versus $ 17,027 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,269. 13.8 percent of families and 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Protected areas

Palmetto State Park

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Gonzales County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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 @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. 115 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 1, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 1, 2019.

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

↑ Gonzales County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .