Jones County, Texas

administration
The Jones County Courthouse in Anson, listed on the NRHP with number 03000330
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Anson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Jones County Courthouse P.O. Box 552 Anson, TX 79501-0552
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Bexar County Bosque County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	20,202 (2010)
Population density :	8.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2427 km²
Water surface :	16 km²
map

Website : www.co.jones.tx.us

The Jones County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Anson . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located approximately 80 km north of the geographic center of Texas and covers an area of 2,427 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Haskell County , Shackelford County , Taylor County , Fisher County, and Stonewall County .

history

Jones County was formed in 1858 from parts of Bexar Counties and Bosque Counties . It was named after Anson Jones , the 5th President of the Republic of Texas .

22 structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of December 13, 2019, the Hinojosa Site .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	546	-
1890	3797	595.4%
1900	7053	85.8%
1910	24,299	244.5%
1920	22,323	-8.1%
1930	24,233	8.6%
1940	23,378	-3.5%
1950	22,147	-5.3%
1960	19,299	-12.9%
1970	16,106	-16.5%
1980	17,268	7.2%
1990	16,490	-4.5%
2000	20,785	26%
2010	20.202	-2.8%
1880-2010 Jones County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Statue of Anson Jones, the county's namesake

As of the 2000 census , Jones County had 20,785 people in 6,140 households and 4,525 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.80 percent white, 11.51 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.47 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 7.46 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.27 percent were descended from two or more races. 20.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,140 households, 33.4 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 59.6 percent were married, cohabiting couples 10.1 percent were single mothers and 26.3 percent were non-families. 24.1 percent were single households and 13.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.06 people.

22.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11.1 percent between 18 and 24, 31.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 150.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 159.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 29,572 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,391. Males had a median income of $ 26,892 versus $ 17,829 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,656. 13.1 percent of families and 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Anson
Avoca

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Jones 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 25, 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

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed December 13, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed December 13, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

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