Benbrook, Texas

Tarrant County

48-07552

Benbrook is a city in Tarrant County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States of America.

Geography

The city is located at the junction of Interstate 20 with U.S. Highway 377, north-east of the geographic center of Texas, in the southwestern corner of Tarrant County, and has a total area of 31.2 km ², of which 1.6 km ² water surface. The distance from Dallas to the east is about 80 km away and Fort Worth in northeast about 16 km.

History

The city was founded in 1857 mainly by settlers from Tennessee and first called Miranda. 1876 ​​moved the Texas and Pacific Railway their tracks to the area and the town was renamed in Benbrook, by a native of Indiana James M. Benbrook, who played an important role in linking the town to the railway network. The first post office opened in 1880 and 1905 had the local school a teacher and 64 students. Mid-20s, when the first inhabitants of Statistics reported, the population was only 20 Only in the late 40s and the population rose to 617 inhabitants. The proximity to the rapidly growing Fort Worth 1965, the population rose to 3,300 inhabitants in 1976 to 9900 and 1990, the population was 19,564.

Demographics

According to the census of 2000, there were 20,208 people in 8,599 households and 5,778 families. The population density was 681 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 88.30 % White, 4.42 % African American, 0.50 % Native American, 2.14 % Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 2.71 % from other ethnic groups; about 1.87 % descended from two or more races. 6.96% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,599 households, 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.0 % were married couples living together. 8.7 % had a female householder with no husband, and 32.8 % were non-families. 28.1 % of all households were single-person households and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size is 2.86 people.

22.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.6 % from 18 to 24, 29.8 % 25-44, 25.7 % from 45 to 64, and 14.7 % were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 87.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 50,978, and the median income for a family $ 63,529. Males have a median income of $ 42,270 versus $ 30,030 for females. The per capita income was $ 26,781. 4.4% of the population and 2.5 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 4.3 % have children under the age of 18 and 2.9 % of those 65 or older.

Crime

The crime rate has an index of 191.9 points. (Compare U.S. national average: 327.2 points) In 2004 there were two murders, 7 rapes, 11 robberies, 15 assaults on people, 140 burglaries, 377 thefts and 35 car thefts.