Gray County, Texas

Gray County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Pampas
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Gray County P.O. Box 1902 Pampa, TX 79066
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	22,535  (2010)
Population density :	9.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2407 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map
Website : www.co.gray.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Texas in the Texas Panhandle , is 80 km to the north, 40 km to the east of Oklahoma , and covers an area of ​​2407 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Roberts County , Wheeler County , Donley County, and Carson County .

history

Gray County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County . It was named after Peter W. Gray , a judge on the Supreme Court of Texas and a member of the State Legislature .

Eight buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 5, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	56		-
1890	203		262.5%
1900	480		136.5%
1910	3405		609.4%
1920	4663		36.9%
1930	22,090		373.7%
1940	23,911		8.2%
1950	24,728		3.4%
1960	31,535		27.5%
1970	26,949		-14.5%
1980	26,386		-2.1%
1990	23,967		-9.2%
2000	22,744		-5.1%
2010	22,535		-0.9%
1850-2010

Gray County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Gray County had 22,744 people in 8,793 households and 6,049 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.15 percent white, 5.85 percent African American, 0.94 percent Native American, 0.39 percent Asian and 8.25 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.42% were of mixed race. 13.01% of the population had Spanish or Latin American ancestors.

Of the 8,793 households, 30.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 57.0 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers and 31.2 percent were non-families. 28.7 percent were single households and 15.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.93 people.

24.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 104 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 103.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,368 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,019. Males had a median income of $ 32,401 versus $ 20,158 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,702. 11.2 percent of families and 13.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

• Alanreed | Lefors | McLean | Pampas

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Gray County, Texas

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gray 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 from January 24, 2012 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. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 5, 2019.
   Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 5, 2019.
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1860–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ Gray County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

• Gray County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Gray County profiles" of "Texas Association of Counties" (Engl.)