Travis County

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Travis County Courthouse
Travis County Courthouse
administration
US state : Texas
Administrative headquarters : Austin
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Travis County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1748
1000 Guadalupe Street
Austin, TX 78767
Foundation : 1840
Made up from: Bastrop County
Area code : 001 512
Demographics
Residents : 1,151,145  (2014)
Population density : 448.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2650 km²
Water surface : 85 km²
map
Map of Travis County within Texas
Website : www.co.travis.tx.us

The Travis County is a county in the US state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is Austin , which is also the capital of Texas.

geography

The county is located about 150 km southeast of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​2,647 square kilometers, of which 85 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Williamson County , Bastrop County , Caldwell County , Hays County , Blanco County, and Burnet County .

history

Travis County was formed in 1840 from parts of Bastrop County. It was named after William Barret Travis , a commander and defender of the Alamo .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 3138 -
1860 8080 157.5%
1870 13,153 62.8%
1880 27,028 105.5%
1890 36,322 34.4%
1900 47,386 30.5%
1910 55,620 17.4%
1920 57,616 3.6%
1930 77,777 35%
1940 111.053 42.8%
1950 160,980 45%
1960 212.136 31.8%
1970 295,516 39.3%
1980 419,573 42%
1990 576,407 37.4%
2000 812.280 40.9%
2010 1,024,266 26.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Travis County's Pyramid of Age
The Moores Crossing Bridge
The McKinney Falls State Park

According to the 2000 census , Travis County had 812,280 people in 320,766 households and 183,798 families. The population density was 317 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 68.21 percent white, 9.26 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 4.47 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 14.56 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.85 percent were descended from two or more races. 28.20 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 320,766 households, 29.3 percent had children or young people living with them. 42.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers and 42.7 percent were non-families. 30.1 percent were single households and 4.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15 people.

23.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 14.7 percent between 18 and 24, 36.5 percent between 25 and 44, 18.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 6.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 104.9 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 46,761 , and the median income for a family is $ 58,555. Males had a median income of $ 37,242 versus $ 30,452 for females. The per capita income was $ 25,883. 7.7 percent of families and 12.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

See also

literature

  • The Student Geology Society (Ed.): Guidebook of the Geology of Travis County . University of Texas, Austin 1977 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  2. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
  3. ↑ Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 26, 2011
  4. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 12, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  
  5. ^ Travis County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Travis County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 30 ° 20 ′  N , 97 ° 47 ′  W