Lee County, Texas

administration
The Lee County Courthouse in Giddings, listed on the NRHP with number 75001998
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Giddings
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Lee County Courthouse P.O. Box 419 Giddings, TX 78942
Foundation :	1874
Made up from:	Bastrop County Burleson County Fayette County Washington County
Area code :	001 979
Demographics
Residents :	16,612 (2010)
Population density :	10.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1642 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.co.lee.tx.us

The Lee County is a county in the US state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Giddings .

geography

The county is located southwest of the geographic center of Texas, about halfway to the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1,642 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Milam County , Burleson County , Washington County , Fayette County , Bastrop County, and Williamson County .

history

Lee County was formed in 1874 from parts of Bastrop County, Burleson County, Fayette County, and Washington County. It was named after Robert E. Lee , the commanding general of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.

Three structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 15, 2020, the Lee County Courthouse (Texas) , the Droemer Brickyard Site and the Schubert House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	8937	-
1890	11,952	33.7%
1900	14,595	22.1%
1910	13,132	-10%
1920	14,014	6.7%
1930	13,390	-4.5%
1940	12,751	-4.8%
1950	10.144	-20.4%
1960	8949	-11.8%
1970	8048	-10.1%
1980	10,952	36.1%
1990	12,854	17.4%
2000	15,657	21.8%
2010	16,612	6.1%
1880-2010 Lee County Age Pyramid

The Schubert House , listed in the NRHP with the number 70000753

Texas Wendish Heritage Museum

According to the 2000 census , Lee County had 15,657 people in 5,663 households and 4,150 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.59 percent white, 12.08 percent African American, 0.46 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.87 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.72 percent were descended from two or more races. 18.19 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,663 households, 35.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.0 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers and 26.7 percent were non-families. 23.8 percent were single households and 11.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.15 people.

28.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 98 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 36,280 , and the median income for a family was $ 42,073. Males had a median income of $ 30,635 versus $ 21,611 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,163. 9.7 percent of families and 11.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ Lee 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 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@ 2

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 2020.

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

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