Presidio County

administration
Presidio County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 77001467
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Marfa
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Presidio County Courthouse 320 N. Highland Street Marfa, TX 79843
Foundation :	1850
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 432
Demographics
Residents :	7818 (2010)
Population density :	0.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	9988 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.presidio.tx.us

The Presidio County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Marfa .

geography

The county is located in western Texas, borders Mexico to the west and southwest and has an area of 9,988 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Jeff Davis County , Brewster County, and the state of Chihuahua in Mexico.

history

Presidio County was formed in 1850 from parts of Bexar County . It was named after Presidio del Norte , a fort and settlement in the 18th century on the south bank of the Rio Grande .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	580	-
1870	1636	182.1%
1880	2873	75.6%
1890	1698	-40.9%
1900	3673	116.3%
1910	5218	42.1%
1920	12,202	133.8%
1930	10.154	-16.8%
1940	10,925	7.6%
1950	7354	-32.7%
1960	5460	-25.8%
1970	4842	-11.3%
1980	5188	7.1%
1990	6637	27.9%
2000	7304	10%
2010	7818	7%
1860-2010 Age pyramid of the Presidio County (as of 2000)

The Needle Peak at Presidio

As of the 2000 census , Presidio County had 7,304 people in 2,530 households and 1,864 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 84.36 percent white, 0.27 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 13.47 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.93 percent were descended from two or more races. 84.36 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,530 households, 40.4 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.5 percent were married couples living together, 13.6 percent were single mothers and 26.3 percent were non-families. 24.2 percent were single households and 13.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.43 people.

32.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24, 24.9 percent between 25 and 44, 20.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92 males. .

The median income for a household in the county is $ 19,860 , and the median income for a family is $ 22,314. Males had a median income of $ 23,218 versus $ 16,208 for females. The per capita income was $ 9,558. 32.5 percent of families and 36.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.