Rockwall County

administration
Rockwall County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Rock wall
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Rockwall County Courthouse 1101 Ridge Rd.Rockwall, TX 75087
Foundation :	1873
Made up from:	Kaufman County
Area code :	001 972
Demographics
Residents :	78,337 (2010)
Population density :	235.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	385 km²
Water surface :	52 km²
map

Website : www.rockwallcountytexas.com

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

geography

The county is located northeast of the geographic center of Texas, is about 80 km to the north from Oklahoma and belongs to the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex . It has an area of 385 square kilometers, of which 52 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Collin County , Hunt County , Kaufman County, and Dallas County .

history

Rockwall County was formed in 1873 from parts of Kaufman County. It was named after the town of the later county of the same name.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	2984	-
1890	5972	100.1%
1900	8531	42.8%
1910	8072	-5.4%
1920	8591	6.4%
1930	7658	-10.9%
1940	7051	-7.9%
1950	6156	-12.7%
1960	5878	-4.5%
1970	7046	19.9%
1980	14,528	106.2%
1990	25,604	76.2%
2000	43,080	68.3%
2010	78,337	81.8%
1880-2010

Rockwall County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Rockwall County had 43,080 people in 14,530 households and 11,972 families. The population density was 129 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.17 percent white, 3.24 percent African American, 0.40 percent Native American, 1.32 percent Asian, 0.05 percent from the Pacific island area and 4.45 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.37 percent were descended from two or more races. 11.07 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 14,530 households, 44.4 percent had children or young people living with them. 71.0 percent were married couples living together, 8.0 percent were single mothers and 17.6 percent were non-families. 14.4 percent were single households and 4.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.23 people.

30.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 and 24, 31.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 96.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 65,164 , and the median income for a family is $ 71,448. Males had a median income of $ 49,636 versus $ 32,410 for females. The per capita income was $ 28,573. 3.8 percent of families and 4.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.