Taylor County, Texas

administration
Taylor County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Abilene
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Taylor County Courthouse 300 Oak Street P.O. Box 5497 Abilene, TX 79608
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Bexar County Travis County
Area code :	001 325
Demographics
Residents :	131,506 (2010)
Population density :	55.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2381 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.taylorcountytexas.org

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

geography

The county is located approximately 100 km northwest of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2381 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Jones County , Callahan County , Coleman County , Runnels County, and Nolan County .

history

Taylor County was formed in 1858 from parts of Bexar County and Travis County. It was named after the three brothers Edward Taylor , George Taylor and James Taylor , who were killed while defending the Alamo in 1836 .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	1736	-
1890	6957	300.7%
1900	10,499	50.9%
1910	26,293	150.4%
1920	24,081	-8.4%
1930	41,023	70.4%
1940	44,147	7.6%
1950	63,370	43.5%
1960	101,078	59.5%
1970	97,853	-3.2%
1980	110,932	13.4%
1990	119,655	7.9%
2000	126,555	5.8%
2010	131.506	3.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Taylor County Age Pyramid

Former County Courthouse 1915 Taylor County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP as # 92000225

As of the 2000 census , Taylor County had 126,555 people in 47,274 households and 32,524 families. The population density was 53 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.61 percent white, 6.73 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 1.25 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.35 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.42 percent were descended from two or more races. 17.64 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 47,274 households, 34.7 percent had children or young people living with them. 53.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers and 31.2 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent were single households and 9.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.07 people.

26.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 13.8 percent between 18 and 24, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44, 19.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 34,035 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,859. Males had a median income of $ 28,964 versus $ 21,021 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,176. 10.4 percent of families and 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.