McLennan County

administration
The McLennan County Courthouse in Waco, listed on the NRHP with number 78003095
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Waco
Address of the administrative headquarters:	McLennan County Courthouse P.O. Box 1727 Waco, TX 76703-1390
Foundation :	1850
Made up from:	Limestone County Milam County
Area code :	001 254
Demographics
Residents :	234,906 (2010)
Population density :	87.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2746 km²
Water surface :	48 km²
map

Website : www.co.mclennan.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located about 80 km northeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2,746 square kilometers, of which 48 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hill County , Limestone County , Falls County , Bell County , Coryell County, and Bosque County .

history

McLennan County was formed on January 22, 1850 from parts of Limestone County and Milam County . The administrative organization was completed on August 5th of the same year. It was named after Neil McLennan (1777-1867), a land surveyor who settled in Texas in 1835 and moved to Waco in 1845.

In the Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District (2013)

22 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 18, 2020, including the McClennan County Courthouse , the Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District, and the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	6206	-
1870	13,560	118.5%
1880	26,934	98.6%
1890	39.204	45.6%
1900	59,772	52.5%
1910	73,250	22.5%
1920	82,921	13.2%
1930	98,682	19%
1940	101,898	3.3%
1950	130.194	27.8%
1960	150.091	15.3%
1970	147,553	-1.7%
1980	170,755	15.7%
1990	189.123	10.8%
2000	224,668	18.8%
2010	234.906	4.6%
1860-2010 McLennan County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Brazos River with an Interstate 35 bridge

According to the 2000 census , McLennan County had 213,517 people in 78,859 households and 52,914 families. The population density was 79 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 72.17 percent white, 15.19 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 1.07 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 9.21 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.83 percent were descended from two or more races. 17.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 78,859 households, 33.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 49.7 percent were married couples living together, 13.6 percent were single mothers and 32.9 percent were non-families. 26.0 percent were single households and 9.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.15 people.

26.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 14.6 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 19.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,560 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,414. Males had a median income of $ 30,906 versus $ 21,978 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,174. 12.4 percent of families and 17.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

Individual evidence

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

^ McLennan 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 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. 201.

↑ 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.