Waller County

administration
Waller County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Hempstead
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Waller County Courthouse 836 Austin Street Hempstead, TX 77445-4667
Foundation :	1873
Made up from:	Austin County Grimes County
Area code :	001 979
Demographics
Residents :	43,205 (2010)
Population density :	32.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1343 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : www.co.waller.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located in east Texas, about 80 km from the Gulf of Mexico in the southwest and is part of the Houston metropolitan area . It has an area of 1343 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Grimes County , Montgomery County , Harrison County , Fort Bend County , Austin County, and Washington County .

history

Waller County was formed in 1873 from parts of Austin County and Grimes County. It was named after Edwin Waller , the first mayor of Austin .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	9024	-
1890	10,888	20.7%
1900	14,246	30.8%
1910	12,138	-14.8%
1920	10,292	-15.2%
1930	10,014	-2.7%
1940	10,280	2.7%
1950	11,961	16.4%
1960	12,071	0.9%
1970	14,285	18.3%
1980	19,798	38.6%
1990	23,390	18.1%
2000	32,663	39.6%
2010	43.205	32.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Waller County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , Waller County had 32,663 people in 10,557 households and 7,748 families. The population density was 25 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 57.83 percent white, 29.25 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.38 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 10.28 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.76 percent were descended from two or more races. 19.42 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 10,557 households, 35.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 55.7 percent were married couples living together, 13.0 percent were single mothers and 26.6 percent were non-families. 21.0 percent were single households and 7.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.25 people.

25.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 18.1 percent between 18 and 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 20.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 96.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 38,136 , and the median income for a family was $ 45,868. Males had a median income of $ 34,447 versus $ 25,583 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,338. 11.5 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

education

The Prairie View A&M University , whose predecessor was founded in 1876, exists at higher educational institutions .

Ethnic tensions

Political participation is made difficult for Afro-American residents; a legal ordinance of 1903 effectively prevented them from participating. Waller County was one of the most lynched communities nationwide between 1877 and 1950 .

For a long time, black students were not allowed to be included in the electoral roll and thus the right to vote. Only a decision by the Supreme Court in 2004 enabled them to actively vote.

To this day, burials are only allowed in ethnically separate cemetery areas.

The historically high Afro-American population has been falling since the 1990s, also due to the influx of Eastern European immigrants.