Pecos County

administration
Pecos County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Fort Stockton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Pecos County Courthouse 103 W. Callahan Street Fort Stockton, TX 79735
Foundation :	1871
Made up from:	Presidio County
Area code :	001 432
Demographics
Residents :	15,507 (2010)
Population density :	1.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	12,341 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.pecos.tx.us

The Pecos County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Fort Stockton .

geography

The county is located in western Texas and has an area of 12,341 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Ward County , Crane County , Crockett County , Terrell County , Brewster County , Jeff Davis County, and Reeves County .

history

Pecos County was formed in 1871 from parts of Presidio County . It was named after the Pecos River . When the county was organized on March 9, 1875, with its administrative center in St. Gall, now Fort Stockton, the county lived about 1,000 people. In 1880 there were 150 ranches and farms, mostly small settlements with less than ten acres of land, only one ranch was over 500 acres. In 1883 parts of the county were separated to form Reeves County and Terrell County , in 1885 part of the county was ceded to the newly formed Val Verde County .

While grain cultivation was the main source of income for the county population until 1890, from 1890 onwards Pecos County developed into an area dominated by livestock. In 1890 there were only twelve ranches with a total of 14,564 acres of land, the number of ranches rose to 95 by 1900 with 2,195,000 acres of land. In 1900 there was still a preponderance of sheep breeding (142,000 animals) over cattle breeding (74,000 animals). In the following decade until 1910, Pecos County developed into a county that was primarily determined by cattle breeding. The 1910 agricultural census counted 109,000 cattle and 61,000 sheep in the county, with a total county's population of 2,071.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	1807	-
1890	1326	-26.6%
1900	2360	78%
1910	2071	-12.2%
1920	3857	86.2%
1930	7812	102.5%
1940	8185	4.8%
1950	9939	21.4%
1960	11,957	20.3%
1970	13,748	15%
1980	14,618	6.3%
1990	14,675	0.4%
2000	16,809	14.5%
2010	15,507	-7.7%
1880-2010 Age pyramid of Pecos County (as of 2000)

Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill , listed in the NRHP with the number 77001465

According to the 2000 census , Pecos County had 16,809 people in 5,153 households and 4,029 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 75.85 percent white, 4.39 percent African American, 0.42 percent Native American, 0.51 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 16.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.69 percent were descended from two or more races. 61.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,153 households, 41.0 percent had children or young people living with them. 62.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.6 percent were single mothers and 21.8 percent were non-families. 19.6 percent were single households and 8.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.29 people.

27.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 13.8 percent between 18 and 24, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44, 20.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 123.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 132.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 28,033 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,122. Males had a median income of $ 25,888 versus $ 18,113 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,212. 18.1 percent of families and 20.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.