Medina County, Texas

administration
The Medina County Courthouse in Hondo
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Hondo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Medina County Courthouse 1100 16th Street Hondo, TX 78861-1399
Foundation :	1848
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 210
Demographics
Residents :	46.006 (2010)
Population density :	13.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3456 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
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The Medina County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Hondo .

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of Texas and about 70 km from Mexico in the southwest . It has an area of 3456 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Bandera County , Bexar County , Atascosa County , Frio County, and Uvalde Counties .

history

Medina County was formed in 1848 from parts of Bexar County. It was named after the Medina River , whose name goes back to the Spanish scholar and engineer Pedro Medina. Alonso de León (1584–1652) used the maps he published for his voyages of discovery in this region.

Seven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 18, 2020, including the Castroville Historic District , Devine Opera House, and D'Hanis Historic District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	909	-
1860	1838	102.2%
1870	2078	13.1%
1880	4492	116.2%
1890	5720	27.3%
1900	7783	36.1%
1910	13,415	72.4%
1920	11,679	-12.9%
1930	13,989	19.8%
1940	16,106	15.1%
1950	17,013	5.6%
1960	18,904	11.1%
1970	20,249	7.1%
1980	23.164	14.4%
1990	27,312	17.9%
2000	39,304	43.9%
2010	46.006	17.1%
1850-2010 Medina County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Ruins of the Saint Dominic Catholic Church and D'Hanis Cemetery , part of the D'Hanis Historic District , listed on the NRHP with the number 76002051

The Medina Dam , listed in the NRHP with the number 76002050

According to the 2000 census , there were 39,304 people in 12,880 households and 10,136 families in Medina County. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.38 percent white, 2.20 percent African American, 0.68 percent Native American, 0.33 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 14.48 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.88 percent were descended from two or more races. 45.47 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,880 households, 39.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 63.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.1 percent were single mothers and 21.3 percent were non-families. 18.2 percent were single households and 8.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.30 people.

29.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 105.6 males and for every 100 females aged 18 or over there were 104.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 36,063 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,288. Males had a median income of $ 27,045 versus $ 21,734 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,210. 12.0 percent of families and 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Mico
Natalia

Individual evidence

↑ Medina 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 , pp. 202f.

↑ 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; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

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

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