Randall County

Randall County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Canyon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Randall County Courthouse P.O. Box 660 Canyon, TX 79015-0660
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	120,725  (2010)
Population density :	51 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2389 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map
Website : www.randallcounty.org

The Randall County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Canyon .

geography

The county is located in northwest Texas, in the Texas Panhandle , about 70 km to the west from New Mexico and about 120 km to the north from Oklahoma . It has an area of ​​2389 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Potter County , Armstrong County , Swisher County , Castro County, and Deaf Smith Counties .

history

Randall County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County . It was named after Horace Randal , a general in the Confederate Army .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	3		-
1890	187		6,133.3%
1900	963		415%
1910	3312		243.9%
1920	3675		11%
1930	7071		92.4%
1940	7185		1.6%
1950	13,774		91.7%
1960	33,913		146.2%
1970	53,885		58.9%
1980	75,062		39.3%
1990	89,673		19.5%
2000	104,312		16.3%
2010	120,725		15.7%
1880-2010 Randall County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The LT Lester House , listed in the NRHP with the number 78002975

The Amarillo Globe Dream House , listed in the NRHP with the number 97001532

Randall County's population was 104,312 as of the 2000 census . 1,766 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 41,240 households and 28,785 families. The population density was 44 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.44 percent white, 1.50 percent African American, 0.65 percent Native American, 1.03 percent Asian, 0.03 percent from the Pacific island area and 4.71 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.64 percent were from two or more races. 10.27 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 41,240 households, 33.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 57.5 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers and 30.2 percent were non-families. 25.4 percent were single households and 8.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00 people.

26.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11.2 percent between 18 and 24, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 42,712 , and the median income for a family is $ 52,420. Males had a median income of $ 36,333 versus $ 25,358 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,840. 5.7 percent of families and 8.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

• Amarillo
• Canyon
• Cleta
• Happy
• Lake Tanglewood
• Ogg
• Palisades
• Timbercreek Canyon
• Umbarger
• Zita

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Randall County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Randall County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 25, 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. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012
4. ↑ ^{a b} Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
5. Jump up ↑ Randall County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Randall County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Randall County in Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
• Randall County Profile from the Texas Association of Counties

Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′  N , 101 ° 54 ′  W