Kenedy County

administration
Kenedy County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Sarita
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Kenedy County Courthouse P.O. Box 227 Sarita, TX 78385-1519
Foundation :	1921
Made up from:	Hidalgo County Willacy County
Area code :	001 512
Demographics
Residents :	416 (2010)
Population density :	0.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	5039 km²
Water surface :	1266 km²
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The Kenedy County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States and is based on the population, the fourth smallest county in the United States and geographically the third smallest in Texas. The county seat is in Sarita .

geography

The county is located in southeast Texas on the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 5039 square kilometers, of which 1266 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Kleberg County , Willacy County , Hidalgo County, and Brooks County .

history

Kenedy County was formed on April 2, 1921 from parts of Hidalgo County and Willacy County. It was named after Mifflin Kenedy (1818–1895), a steamship captain, shipping entrepreneur and part owner of the King Ranch .

Stables at the King Ranch (2018)

Two places in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of March 11, 2020), the King Ranch, which also has the status of a National Historic Landmark , and the Mansfield Cut Underwater Archeological District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	1033	-
1930	701	-32.1%
1940	700	-0.1%
1950	632	-9.7%
1960	884	39.9%
1970	678	-23.3%
1980	543	-19.9%
1990	460	-15.3%
2000	414	-10%
2010	416	0.5%
1920-2010

Kenedy County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Kenedy County had 414 people in 138 households and 110 families. The population density was 0.11 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 64.49 percent white, 0.72 percent African American, 0.72 percent Native American, 0.48 percent Asian and 31.88 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.69 percent were descended from two or more races. 78.99 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 138 households, 35.5 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 58.7 percent were married couples living together, 10.9 percent were single mothers and 19.6 percent were non-families. 18.8 percent were single households and 6.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.26 people.

29.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.7 percent between 18 and 24, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 110.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 100.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 25,000 , and the median income for a family was $ 26,719. Males had a median income of $ 18,125 versus $ 12,188 for females. The per capita income was 17,959. 15.3 percent of the population 9.9 percent of the families lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

↑ Kenedy 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. 160.