Martin County, Texas

administration
The Martin County Courthouse in Stanton
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Stanton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Martin County Courthouse P.O. Box 906 Stanton, TX 79782-0906
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 915
Demographics
Residents :	4799 (2010)
Population density :	2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2371 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

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

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Texas, about 50 km off the southeastern tip of New Mexico, and covers an area of 2,371 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Dawson County , Howard County , Glasscock County , Midland County, and Andrews County .

history

Martin County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . The administrative organization was completed on November 14, 1888. It was named after Wyly Martin (1776–1842), a major in the Army of the Republic of Texas . After a dispute with Sam Houston , he left the armed forces and became a member of the State Legislature in 1836 .

The settlement was mainly driven by the Texas and Pacific Railway , which sold plots of land to farmers from 1881 to develop the land. The farms mainly grew grain, cotton, vegetables and wine. While sheep farming still predominated in cattle breeding around 1890, it increasingly lost its importance in favor of cattle breeding, so the number of cattle increased tenfold from just over 3,000 in 1890 to 32,000 in 1900.

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 17, 2020, the Carmelite Monastery .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	12	-
1890	264	2,100%
1900	332	25.8%
1910	1549	366.6%
1920	1146	-26%
1930	5785	404.8%
1940	5556	-4%
1950	5541	-0.3%
1960	5068	-8.5%
1970	4774	-5.8%
1980	4684	-1.9%
1990	4956	5.8%
2000	4746	-4.2%
2010	4799	1.1%
1880-2010

Martin County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Martin County had 4,746 people in 1,624 households and 1,256 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.01 percent white, 1.58 percent African American, 0.82 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian and 16.06 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.36 percent were descended from two or more races. 40.56 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,624 households, 42.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 64.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers and 22.6 percent were non-families. 21.7 percent were single households and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.36 people.

33.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 19.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,836 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,965. Males had a median income of $ 29,360 versus $ 19,063 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,647. 14.9 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

↑ Martin 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. 196.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 17, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 17, 2020.

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

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