Schleicher County

administration
Schleicher County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Eldorado
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Schleicher County Courthouse PO Drawer 580 Eldorado, TX 76936
Foundation :	1887
Made up from:	Crockett County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	3461 (2010)
Population density :	1 inhabitant / km ²
geography
Total area :	3395 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.co.schleicher.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located about 40 km east of the geographic center of Texas, is 60 km south of Mexico and has an area of 3,395 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Tom Green Counties , Menard Counties , Sutton Counties , Crockett Counties , and Irion Counties .

history

Schleicher County was formed in 1887 from parts of Crockett County. It was named after Gustav Schleicher , an early engineer, surveyor, and lawyer in Texas.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	155	-
1900	515	232.3%
1910	1893	267.6%
1920	1851	-2.2%
1930	3166	71%
1940	3083	-2.6%
1950	2852	-7.5%
1960	2791	-2.1%
1970	2277	-18.4%
1980	2820	23.8%
1990	2990	6%
2000	2935	-1.8%
2010	3461	17.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Schleicher County's pyramid of ages

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

According to the 2000 census , there were 2,935 people in 1,115 households and 817 families in Schleicher County. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.59 percent white, 1.53 percent African American, 0.07 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 18.98 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.62 percent were descended from two or more races. 43.54 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,115 households, 34.3 percent had children or young people living with them. 62.6 percent were married couples living together, 7.5 percent were single mothers and 26.7 percent were non-families. 25.4 percent were single households and 12.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.12 people.

27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24, 24.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males and for every 100 females age 18 or older there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,746 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,813. Males had a median income of $ 28,412 versus $ 22,250 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,969. 16.0 percent of families and 21.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.