Live Oak County

administration
Live Oak County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	George West
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Live Oak County Courthouse P.O. Box 280 George West, TX 78022-0280
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Nueces County San Patricio County
Area code :	001 361
Demographics
Residents :	11,531 (2010)
Population density :	4.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2794 km²
Water surface :	110 km²
map

Website : www.co.live-oak.tx.us

The Live Oak County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in George West .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas, about 50 km from the Gulf of Mexico and in the southwest about 100 km from the border with Mexico . It has an area of 2794 square kilometers, of which 110 square kilometers are water. It is bordered, clockwise, by the following counties: Karnes County , Bee County , San Patricio County , Jim Wells County , Duval County , McMullen County, and Atascosa Counties .

history

People have lived in this area for over 11,000 years. By the early 1800s, the Coahuiltecan Indians were ousted from the area by the Lipan Apaches , other immigrant Indians, and the Spaniards .

Live Oak County was formed on February 2, 1856 from parts of Nueces County and San Patricio County . It was named after the Virginia oak ( Live Oak ), which is common in this area.

Three structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 16, 2020, Fort Merrill, Live Oak County Jail, and Pagan Site, 41 LK 58 .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	593	-
1870	852	43.7%
1880	1094	28.4%
1890	2055	87.8%
1900	2268	10.4%
1910	3442	51.8%
1920	4171	21.2%
1930	8956	114.7%
1940	9799	9.4%
1950	9054	-7.6%
1960	7846	-13.3%
1970	6697	-14.6%
1980	9606	43.4%
1990	9556	-0.5%
2000	12,309	28.8%
2010	11,531	-6.3%
1860-2010 Live Oak County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Live Oak County Jail , listed on the NRHP as # 04000098

According to the 2000 census , Live Oak County had 12,309 people in 4,230 households and 3,070 families. The population density was 5 people per km². The racial the population was composed of 87.28 percent white, 2.45 percent African American , 0.41 percent American Indian , 0.19 percent Asian American , 0.02 percent Pacific islander and 7.72 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.94 percent were descended from two or more races . 38.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,230 households, 30.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 60.1 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers and 27.4 percent were non-families. 23.9 percent were single households and 12.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.00 people.

22.3 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 and 24, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 122.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 129.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,057 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,235. Males had a median income of $ 30,061 versus $ 19,665 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,886. 14.1 percent of families and 16.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Live Oak 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 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

↑ 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. 182.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 2020.

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

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

Jump up ↑ Live Oak County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov . (English)