Real County

administration
Real County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Leakey
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Real County Courthouse P.O. Box 656 Leakey, TX 78873-0656
Foundation :	1913
Made up from:	Edwards County Kerr County Bandera County
Area code :	001 830
Demographics
Residents :	3309 (2010)
Population density :	1.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1813 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.co.real.tx.us

The Real County is a county in the state of Texas in the United States . The county seat is in Leakey .

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of Texas, about 60 km to the southwest from the border with Mexico and has an area of 1,813 square kilometers with no significant water surface. The county is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Edwards County , Kerr County , Bandera County, and Uvalde Counties .

history

Real County was formed in 1913 from parts of Bandera County, Edwards County, and Kerr County. It was named after Julius Real , a rancher and the only Republican in the Senate when the county was formed.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	1461	-
1930	2197	50.4%
1940	2420	10.2%
1950	2479	2.4%
1960	2079	-16.1%
1970	2013	-3.2%
1980	2469	22.7%
1990	2412	-2.3%
2000	3047	26.3%
2010	3309	8.6%
1920-2010 Real County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

War veterans memorial stone in front of the courthouse

As of the 2000 census , the Real County had 3,047 people in 1,245 households and 869 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 91.40 percent white, 0.20 percent African American, 0.62 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian, 0.03 percent from the Pacific island area and 6.01 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.54 percent were descended from two or more races. 22.58 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,245 households, 26.5 percent had children or young people living with them. 58.4 percent were married couples living together, 7.6 percent were single mothers, and 30.2 percent were non-families. 28.2 percent were single households and 14.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

23.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 5.4 percent between 18 and 24, 21.5 percent between 25 and 44, 28.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 20.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 95.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,118 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,839. Males had a median income of $ 21,076 versus $ 18,352 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,321. 17.4 percent of families and 21.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.