Moore County, Texas

The Moore County Courthouse in Dumas
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Dumas
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Moore County Courthouse 715 S. Dumas Avenue Dumas, TX 79029
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	21,904  (2010)
Population density :	9.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2356 km²
Water surface :	26 km²
map
Website : www.co.moore.tx.us

The Moore County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Dumas .

geography

The county is located in northwest Texas, in the Texas Panhandle , about 40 km to the north from Oklahoma and about 50 km to the west from New Mexico . It has an area of ​​2356 square kilometers, of which 26 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Sherman County , Hutchinson County , Potter County, and Hartley Counties .

history

Moore County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County . The administrative organization was completed on July 6, 1892. It was named after Edwin Ward Moore (1810-1865), who left the United States Navy as a lieutenant to serve in 1839 as commander of the Navy of the Republic of Texas . In this capacity he had the coast of Mexico attacked and blocked during the Texas Revolution

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	15th		-
1900	209		1,293.3%
1910	561		168.4%
1920	571		1.8%
1930	1555		172.3%
1940	4461		186.9%
1950	13,349		199.2%
1960	14,773		10.7%
1970	14,060		-4.8%
1980	16,575		17.9%
1990	17,865		7.8%
2000	20.121		12.6%
2010	21,904		8.9%
1890-2010 Age pyramid of Moore County (as of 2000)

Wind turbine south of Dumas

As of the 2000 census , Moore County had 20,121 people in 6,774 households and 5,331 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 63.93 percent white, 0.69 percent African American, 0.67 percent Native American, 0.86 percent Asian, 0.03 percent from the Pacific island area and 31.20 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.62 percent were descended from two or more races. 47.50 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,774 households, 44.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 65.1 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers, and 21.3 percent were non-families. 18.2 percent were single households and 8.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.36 people.

33.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44, 18.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 34,852 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,985. Males had a median income of $ 29,843 versus $ 19,383 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,214. 10.1 percent of families and 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

• Bautista
• Bryden
• Cactus
• Capps Switch
• Dumas
• Etter
• Exell
• Four way
• Machovec
• Masterson
• Sheerin
• Sheerin Junction
• Sunray

Individual evidence

1. ^ Moore County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ 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 
3. ↑ 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. 215.
4. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
5. ^ Moore County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Moore County (Texas)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website (English).
• Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• "Moore County Profile" from the "Texas Association of Counties" (Engl.)

Coordinates: 35 ° 50 ′  N , 101 ° 53 ′  W