Kaufman County

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Kaufman County Courthouse
Kaufman County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Kaufman
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
Kaufman County Courthouse
100 W. Mulberry
Kaufman, TX 75142
Foundation : 1848
Made up from: Henderson County
Area code : 001 972
Demographics
Residents : 103,350  (2010)
Population density : 50.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2090 km²
Water surface : 54 km²
map
Map of Kaufman County within Texas
Website : www.kaufmancounty.net

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

geography

The county is located in northeast Texas, about 80 miles to the north from Oklahoma and about 150 km to the west from Arkansas and has an area of ​​2090 square kilometers, of which 54 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Hunt County , Van Zandt County , Henderson County , Ellis County , Dallas County, and Rockwall County .

history

Kaufman County was formed on February 26, 1848 from parts of Henderson County. The administrative organization was completed on August 7th of the same year. It was named after David Spangler Kaufman , a member of the Texas State Legislature and a member of the American House of Representatives . In 1845, Kaufman was the Texas Ambassador to the United States.

Old house on Walter C. Porter Farm (1975)

Eight structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of November 24, 2019, with the Walter C. Porter Farm having the status of a National Historic Landmark .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 1047 -
1860 3936 275.9%
1870 6805 72.9%
1880 15,448 127%
1890 21,598 39.8%
1900 33,376 54.5%
1910 35,323 5.8%
1920 41,276 16.9%
1930 40.905 -0.9%
1940 38,308 -6.3%
1950 31,170 -18.6%
1960 29,931 -4%
1970 32,392 8.2%
1980 39,015 20.4%
1990 52,220 33.8%
2000 71,313 36.6%
2010 103,350 44.9%
1850-2010
Kaufman County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The Terrell Carnegie Library

As of the 2000 census , there were 71,313 people in 24,367 households and 19,225 families in Kaufman County. The population density was 35 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.10 percent white, 10.53 percent African American, 0.61 percent Native American, 0.47 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.66 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.61 percent were descended from two or more races. 11.11 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 24,367 households, 39.5 percent had children or young people living with them. 63.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers and 21.1 percent were non-families. 17.8 percent were single households and 7.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.24 people.

29.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 29.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 94 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 44,783 , and the median income for a family was $ 50,354. Males had a median income of $ 35,537 versus $ 26,494 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,827. 7.8 percent of families and 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Kaufman 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 April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uscounties.org
  3. 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. 159.
  4. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed December 21, 2019.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed December 21, 2019.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Texas. National Park Service , accessed December 21, 2019.
  5. Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
  6. ^ Kaufman County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Kaufman County, Texas  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 32 ° 36 ′  N , 96 ° 17 ′  W