Roberts County, Texas

administration
Roberts County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Miami
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Roberts County Courthouse P.O. Box 477 Miami, TX 79059-0477
Foundation :	1876
Made up from:	Bexar County
Area code :	001 806
Demographics
Residents :	929 (2010)
Population density :	0.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2394 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.co.roberts.tx.us

The Roberts County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Miami . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in northern Texas, in the Texas Panhandle , about 40 km to the north and east of Oklahoma and about 130 km to the west of New Mexico . It has an area of 2394 square kilometers without any significant water surface. The county is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Ochiltree County , Hemphill County , Gray County, and Hutchinson County .

history

Roberts County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County . It was named after Oran M. Roberts , the 7th governor of Texas and a signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	32	-
1890	326	918.8%
1900	620	90.2%
1910	950	53.2%
1920	1469	54.6%
1930	1457	-0.8%
1940	1289	-11.5%
1950	1031	-20%
1960	1075	4.3%
1970	967	-10%
1980	1187	22.8%
1990	1025	-13.6%
2000	887	-13.5%
2010	929	4.7%
1880-2010

Roberts County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Roberts County had 887 people in 362 households and 275 families. The population density was 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were from two or more races. 3.2 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 362 households, 31.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 70.7 percent were married couples living together, 3.9 percent were single mothers and 24.0 percent were non-families. 23.8 percent were single households and 10.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

25.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 4.8 percent between 18 and 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 30.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 97.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 44,792 , and the median income for a family is $ 50,400. Males had a median income of $ 33,125 versus $ 23,611 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,923. 5.0 percent of families and 7.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.