Andrews County, Texas

The Andrews County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Andrews, which was named for Richard Andrews, the first Texan soldier who died in Tex- Mexican War. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Geography

The County is located in west-central Texas, on the border with New Mexico and has an area of 3888 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Gaines County, Dawson County, Martin County, Midland County, Ector County and Winkler County. The terrain is hilly and has from 900 to 1050 meters on.

History

Traces first settlements of this area have 6000 back to 4000 BC. Before the colonization by white settlers, it was populated by Comanches and Apaches. Andrews County was formed on August 21, 1876 from parts of Bexar County. It was named for Richard Andrews, a hero of the Texas Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of Concepcion in 1835.

The settlement of the county began to start slowly. Thus, only 24 survived in 1890 and 1900 only 78 people here. It was not until 1910, the population began to rise noticeably. First oil discoveries in 1925 caused the population to increase. A boom, as in East Texas failed to materialize because the deposits were too low.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Andrews County 13,004 people in 4,601 households and 3,519 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 77.08 percent White, 1.65 percent African American, 0.88 percent Native American, 0.71 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 16.79 percent from other races groups; 2.87 percent were descended from two or more races. 40.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,601 households out of which 40.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 63.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers and 23.5 percent were non-families. 21.8 percent of all households and 10.0 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.29 persons.

31.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 to 24, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44, 20.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 34,036, and the median income for a family was $ 37,017. Males have a median income of $ 33,223, women $ 21,846. The per capita income was $ 15,916. 13.9 percent of families and 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Central
Diboll
Huntington
Lufkin
Nancy
Pine Valley
Pollok
Redtown
Shady Grove
Zavalla

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