Wichita County, Texas

administration
Wichita County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Wichita Falls
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Wichita County Courthouse P.O. Box 1679 Wichita Falls, TX 76307-1679
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Cooke County
Area code :	001 940
Demographics
Residents :	131,500 (2010)
Population density :	80.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1639 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.co.wichita.tx.us

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

geography

The county is located in north Texas, borders Oklahoma to the north and has an area of 1,639 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Tillman Counties and Cotton Counties , both in Oklahoma, Clay Counties , Archer Counties , and Wilbarger Counties .

history

Wichita County was formed in 1858 from parts of Cooke County . It was named after the Wichita Indian tribe.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	433	-
1890	4831	1,015.7%
1900	5806	20.2%
1910	16.094	177.2%
1920	72,911	353%
1930	74,416	2.1%
1940	73,604	-1.1%
1950	98,493	33.8%
1960	123,528	25.4%
1970	121,862	-1.3%
1980	121,082	-0.6%
1990	122,378	1.1%
2000	131,664	7.6%
2010	131,500	-0.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Wichita County Age Pyramid

Waterfalls on the upper reaches of the Wichita River

Aerial view of Sheppard Air Force Base with Tyler Airport

According to the 2000 census , Wichita County had 131,664 people in 48,441 households and 32,891 families. The population density was 81 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.76 percent white, 10.23 percent African American, 0.89 percent Native American, 1.84 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 5.51 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.68 percent were descended from two or more races. 12.23 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 48,441 households, 33.6 percent had children or young people living with them. 52.3 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers and 32.1 percent were non-families. 27.2 percent were single households and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.04.

27.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 and 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,780 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,937. Males had a median income of $ 28,687 versus $ 21,885 for females. The per capita income was 16,965. 13.2 percent of the population and 10.3 percent of the families lived below the poverty line.