Harris County, Texas

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Harris County Courthouse of 1910, listed on the NRHP with No. 81000629 [1]
Harris County Courthouse of 1910 , listed on the NRHP as No. 81000629
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Houston
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Harris County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1525
Houston, TX 77251-1525
Foundation : 1836
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 713
Demographics
Residents : 4,092,459  (2010)
Population density : 914.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 4604 km²
Water surface : 127 km²
map
Map of Harris County within Texas
Website : www.harriscountytx.gov

The Harris County is a county in the US state of Texas . The county seat is in Houston .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas, belongs to the Houston metropolitan area and is about 35 km from the Gulf of Mexico . It has an area of ​​4604 square kilometers, of which 127 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Montgomery County , Liberty County , Chambers County , Galveston County , Brazoria County , Fort Bend County, and Waller County .

history

Harris County was formed as the original county named Harrisburg on March 17, 1836 , and the administrative organization was completed the following year. The name was changed to its current name on December 28, 1839 and is reminiscent of John Richardson Harris (1790–1829). Harris established a trading post in the area and a boat service to New Orleans in 1824 .

Inside the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center (2017)

The county has a total of 279 structures and sites on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of July 8, 2019. Four of these have National Historic Landmark status , including the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center in the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center .

Politics and the Death Penalty

Harris is the county in the United States where the highest number of people executed (124) have been sentenced since 1976. This is more than either all of Oklahoma or all of Virginia, accounting for 23.5% (from 14.7% of residents) of all executed death sentences in Texas and 8.7% (from 1.1% of residents) of all executed death sentences in the United States UNITED STATES. (As of January 15, 2016)

County Judge has been Republican Edward Martin Emmett since 2007 .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 4668 -
1860 9070 94.3%
1870 17,375 91.6%
1880 27,985 61.1%
1890 37,249 33.1%
1900 63,786 71.2%
1910 115,693 81.4%
1920 186,667 61.3%
1930 359,328 92.5%
1940 528.961 47.2%
1950 806.701 52.5%
1960 1,243,158 54.1%
1970 1,741,912 40.1%
1980 2,409,547 38.3%
1990 2,818,199 17%
2000 3,400,578 20.7%
2010 4,092,459 20.3%
1850-2010
Harris County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The State Highway 35 Bridge at the West Fork of the San Jacinto River over the western arm of the San Jacinto River , listed in the NRHP with the number 96001110
Sunset over the Kemah Bridge over the channel between Clear Lake and Galveston Bay

As of the 2000 census , Harris County had 3,400,578 people in 1,205,516 households and 834,217 families. The population density was 759 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 58.73 percent white, 18.49 percent African American, 0.45 percent Native American, 5.14 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 14.18 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.96 percent were descended from two or more races. 32.93 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,205,516 households, 37.7 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 50.6 percent were married couples living together, 13.7 percent were single mothers and 30.8 percent were non-families. 25.1 percent were single households and 5.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.38 people.

29.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.3 percent between 18 and 24, 33.4 percent between 25 and 44, 19.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 7.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 97 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 42,598 , and the median income for a family is $ 49,004. Males had a median income of $ 37,361 versus $ 28,941 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,435. 12.1 percent of families and 14.97% of the population lived below the poverty line.

The changes in 2010 in the data sheet of factfinder.census.gov be taken, in particular, the population had grown to 4,092,495 people. and was estimated at just under 4,699,000 people in 2018.

Places in the county

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ^ Harris County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  3. ↑ Harris County NACo County Explorer. In: naco.org. County Explorer, accessed December 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 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. 131 .
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 8, 2019.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 8, 2019.
  6. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Texas. National Park Service , accessed July 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1860–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  8. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  9. ^ Harris County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
  10. ↑ US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed December 15, 2019 .
  11. ↑ US Census Bureau: American FactFinder - Community Facts. In: census.gov. factfinder.census.gov, accessed December 15, 2019 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 29 ° 52 ′  N , 95 ° 23 ′  W