Liberty County, Texas

administration
Liberty County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Liberty
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Liberty County Courthouse 1923 Sam Houston Street Liberty, TX 77575
Foundation :	1836
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 936
Demographics
Residents :	75,643 (2010)
Population density :	25.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3046 km²
Water surface :	43 km²
map

Website : www.co.liberty.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located in east Texas, about 50 km from Louisiana , 40 km from the Gulf of Mexico and is part of the Houston metropolitan area . It has an area of 3046 km², of which 43 km² are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Polk County , Hardin County , Jefferson County , Chambers County , Harris County , Montgomery County, and San Jacinto Counties .

history

Liberty County was formed as the original county on March 17, 1836. It was named after the city and later the county seat of Liberty . In 1831, in Mexico, it was given the name Villa de la Santissima Trinidad de la Libertad ("City of the Most Holy Trinity of Freedom"), which was soon shortened to Liberty and Americanized . Also, many of the county's settlers were from the city of Liberty, Mississippi .

Cleveland-Partlow House (2014)

Six structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 15, 2020, including the Liberty County Courthouse , the Cleveland-Partlow House, and the State Highway 3 Bridge at the Trinity River .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2522	-
1860	3189	26.4%
1870	4414	38.4%
1880	4999	13.3%
1890	4230	-15.4%
1900	8102	91.5%
1910	10,686	31.9%
1920	14,637	37%
1930	19,868	35.7%
1940	24,541	23.5%
1950	26,729	8.9%
1960	31,595	18.2%
1970	33,014	4.5%
1980	47,088	42.6%
1990	52,726	12%
2000	70.154	33.1%
2010	75,643	7.8%
1850-2010

Liberty County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Liberty County had 70,154 people in 23,242 households and 17,756 families. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.90 percent white, 12.82 percent African American, 0.47 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 6.03 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.43 percent were descended from two or more races. 10.92 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 23,242 households, 38.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, and 23.6 percent were non-families. 20.4 percent were single households and 8.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.23 people.

27.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 31.6 percent between 25 and 44, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 38,361 , and the median income for a family was $ 43,744. Males had a median income of $ 37,957 versus $ 22,703 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,539. 11.1 percent of families and 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Liberty 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 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. 179.

↑ 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

↑ Liberty County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .