Maverick County

administration
The Maverick County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 80004141
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Eagle Pass
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Maverick County Courthouse P.O. Box 4050 Eagle Pass, TX 78853-4050
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Kinney County
Area code :	001 830
Demographics
Residents :	54,258 (2010)
Population density :	16.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3346 km²
Water surface :	30 km²
map

Website : www.co.maverick.tx.us

The Maverick County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Eagle Pass .

geography

The county is located in south Texas, borders Mexico in the southwest and has an area of 3,346 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Kinney County and Zavala County .

history

Maverick County was formed on February 2, 1856 from parts of Kinney County. The administrative organization was completed on July 13, 1871. It was named after Samuel A. Maverick , a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a member of the State Legislature . As a rancher, he didn't brand his cattle, so the name Maverick became synonymous with unmarked cattle and nonconformity.

Fort Duncan (2008)

Two structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 18, 2020, the Maverick County Courthouse and Fort Duncan .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	726	-
1870	1951	168.7%
1880	2967	52.1%
1890	3698	24.6%
1900	4066	10%
1910	5151	26.7%
1920	7418	44%
1930	6120	-17.5%
1940	10,071	64.6%
1950	12,292	22.1%
1960	14,508	18%
1970	18.093	24.7%
1980	31,398	73.5%
1990	36,378	15.9%
2000	47.297	30%
2010	54,258	14.7%
1860-2010 Maverick County's Pyramid of Age

Railway bridge to Piedras Negras in Mexico

According to the 2000 census , Maverick County had 47,297 people in 13,089 households and 11,230 families. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 70.89 percent white, 0.31 percent African American, 1.34 percent Native American, 0.39 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 24.08 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.95 percent were descended from two or more races. 95.01 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 13,089 households, 51.6 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 66.5 percent were married couples living together, 16.0 percent were single mothers and 14.2 percent were non-families. 12.9 percent were single households, and 6.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 3.60 and the average family size was 3.98 people.

36.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44, 17.7 percent between 45 and 64, and 9.5 percent were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 86.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 21,232 , and the median income for a family was $ 23,614. Males had a median income of $ 20,956 versus $ 15,662 for females. The annual income per capita was $ 8,758. 34.8 percent of the population and 32.0 percent of families lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Maverick 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 dated April 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 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. 198.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 18, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 18, 2020.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF file; 682 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

^ Maverick County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .