Grimes County

administration
The Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, listed in the Anderson Historic District on the NRHP under number 74002072
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Anderson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Grimes County Courthouse P.O. Box 209 Anderson, TX 77830
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Montgomery County
Area code :	001 936
Demographics
Residents :	26,604 (2010)
Population density :	13 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2077 km²
Water surface :	36 km²
map

Website : www.co.grimes.tx.us

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

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Texas halfway to Louisiana and has an area of 2075 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Madison County , Walker County , Montgomery County , Waller County , Washington County, and Brazos County .

history

Grimes County was formed on April 6, 1846 from parts of Montgomery County. It was named after Jesse Grimes (1788-1866), a signer of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas in 1836 and a member of the State Legislature .

Six buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of June 10, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4008	-
1860	10,307	157.2%
1870	13,218	28.2%
1880	18.603	40.7%
1890	21,312	14.6%
1900	26,106	22.5%
1910	21.205	-18.8%
1920	23.101	8.9%
1930	22,642	-2%
1940	21,960	-3%
1950	15,135	-31.1%
1960	12,709	-16%
1970	11,855	-6.7%
1980	13,580	14.6%
1990	18,828	38.6%
2000	23,552	25.1%
2010	26,604	13%
1850-2010 Grimes County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Foster House , listed on the NRHP with the number 80004123

The Steele House , listed in the NRHP with the number 78002939

According to the 2000 census , Grimes County had 23,552 people in 7,753 households and 5,628 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 71.79 percent white, 19.96 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.30 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.93 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.65 percent were descended from two or more races. 16.08 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,753 households, 34.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 55.4 percent were married couples living together, 12.6 percent were single mothers and 27.4 percent were non-families. 23.8 percent were single households and 11.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.18 people.

24.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 117.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 124 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,280 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,008. Males had a median income of $ 30,138 versus $ 21,747 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,368. 13.8 percent of families and 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved October 10, 2012
↑ Grimes 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 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 @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. 123 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 10, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed June 10, 2019.

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

↑ ^a ^b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

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