Hockley County

administration
Hockley County Courthouse (2019)
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Levelland
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hockley County Courthouse 802 Houston Levelland, TX 79336
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County Young County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	22,935 (2010)
Population density :	9.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2353 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.co.hockley.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located in northwest Texas, about 25 miles west of New Mexico , and covers an area of 2,353 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lamb County , Lubbock County , Terry County, and Cochran Counties .

history

Hockley County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County and Young County . The administrative organization was completed in February 1921. It was named after George Washington Hockley (1802-1854), who initially served as Chief of Staff under Commander-in-Chief Sam Houston during the Texas War of Independence . He fought in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 and led the artillery as a colonel. He was Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas from 1838 to 1841 .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	44	-
1910	137	211.4%
1920	137	0%
1930	9298	6,686.9%
1940	12,693	36.5%
1950	20,407	60.8%
1960	22,340	9.5%
1970	20,396	-8.7%
1980	23,230	13.9%
1990	24.199	4.2%
2000	22,716	-6.1%
2010	22,935	1 %
1900-2010

Hockley County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Hockley County had 22,716 people in 7,994 households and 6,091 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 74.38 percent white, 3.72 percent African American, 0.82 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 18.68 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.22 percent were descended from two or more races. 37.24 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,994 households, 38.1 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 60.4 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers, and 23.8 percent were non-families. 21.2 percent were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.22 people.

29.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.8 percent between 18 and 24, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 31,085 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,288. Males had a median income of $ 29,735 versus $ 20,671 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,022. 14.8 percent of families and 18.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

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Individual evidence

^ Hockley County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 138.

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

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

Web links

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

33.61 -102.34Coordinates: 33 ° 37 ′ N , 102 ° 20 ′ W

[1] Hockley County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011