Lake Jackson (Texas)
| Lake Jackson | |
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 Intermediate School in Lake Jackson |
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| Location in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | March 14, 1944 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Brazoria County |
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 2 ′ N , 95 ° 26 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 26,849 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 544.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 51.3 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of which 49.3 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 4 m |
| Postal code : | 77566 |
| Area code : | +1 979 |
| FIPS : | 48-40588 |
| GNIS ID : | 1360850 |
| Website : | www.lakejackson-tx.gov |
| Mayor : | Bob Sipple |
Lake Jackson is a city in the US state of Texas . It is located about 80 km south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico in Brazoria County .
The city was named after a lake of the same name on the outskirts of the city. The lake itself got its name from a family who ran a plantation there before the Civil War .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city extends over an area of 51.3 km², of which 2.0 km² is water surface.
Demographic data
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1950 | 2897 | - | |
| 1960 | 9651 | 233.1% | |
| 1970 | 13,376 | 38.6% | |
| 1980 | 19.102 | 42.8% | |
| 1990 | 22,771 | 19.2% | |
| 2000 | 26,386 | 15.9% | |
| 2010 | 26,849 | 1.8% | |
| 1950-2000, 2010 | |||
According to the 2000 census, 7,344 families live in the city. The population density is 535 / km². 86.2% of the population are white, 3.9% black, 0.4% Indian and 2.5% Asian; 14.7% are Hispancis and Latinos , 0.02% are from the Pacific Islands, and 1.8% are of two or more races.
There are 9 588 households in the city. Children under the age of 18 live in 42.6% of households, 64.7% married couples, 8.5% single mothers and 20.0% singles. The median household size is 2.74 people, the median family size 3.18. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 female people over the age of 18 there are 95.4 men and boys.
The median household income is $ 60,901 and the median family income is $ 69,053. 6.4% of the population live below the poverty line .
history
The town developed from a new residential area set up for the Dow Chemical Company in the early 1940s . The city received municipal rights on March 14, 1944 .
Culture, economy
There are more than 30 Christian churches and religious communities in the city (as of 2006). The schools in Lake Jackson are part of the Brazosport Independent School District . The city itself has six schools. The number of banks and bank branches is around 20.
sons and daughters of the town
- Louis Beam (* 1946), right-wing extremist who was initially active in the Ku Klux Klan and later with the Aryan Nations
- John Wiley Bryant (* 1947), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (1971–1995), Mexican-American Tejano singer
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from November 2, 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 16, 2012
Web links
- Lake Jackson's Official Web Site
- Religious groups in Lake Jackson
- Brazosport Independent School District Schools in Lake Jackson and neighboring towns
- Lake Jackson in the Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
- Statistics Lake Jackson (English.)