Borger (Texas)
Hutchinson County
48-09556
Borger is a city in Hutchinson County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States of America.
Geography
The city is located in North Texas, the Texas Panhandle, about 70 km northeast of Amarillo, at the junction of the Texas State Routes 136, 152 and 207, about 50 miles from Oklahoma is removed and has a total area of 22.6 km ², being 0.24 km ² water surface are. The next places within a radius of 40 km, are: Sanford, Stinnett, Fritch, Skellytown, Panhandle, White Deer, Morse and Pampa.
History
Founded and named the city was in 1926 according to AP " Ace" Borger, one originating from Missouri and then known already in Oklahoma land speculators, along with his partner John R. Miller, who later became mayor of the city. This bought in March of the same year, after the first promising oil finds, an area of 240 acres on the Canadian River in the south of the County.
Within three months, the area was divided into individual plots and sold again. At the same time the black gold around 45,000 people had moved into the new city, which was only to be compared with the Californian gold rush. In the spring of 1927 Governor Dan Moody sent a Texas Ranger Division into town to the law to enforce, but only succeeded in 1929 sent troops.
After the years of the Great Depression, the population was 1943 again dropped to about 14,000, rose again to 1960 to over 20,000 and by 2000 dropped to 14,302 inhabitants.
Demographics
According to the census of 2000, there were 14,302 people in 5,591 households and 3,997 families. The population density was 632.5 inhabitants per km ². Ethnically, the population itself is composed of 82.75 % White, 3.66 % African American, 1.33 % Native American, 0.43 % Asian, 0.03 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 9.36 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.44% are descended from two or more races and 19.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 5,591 households, 34.9 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.9 % were married couples living together. 10.0% were single mothers and 28.5 % were non-families. 26.5 % of all households were single-person households, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size is 3.20 people.
27.8 % of the population were under 18 years old, 9.8 % from 18 to 24, 25.4% 25-44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.1 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 91.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 34,653, and the median income for a family $ 40,417. Males have a median income of $ 39,207 versus $ 19,654 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,869. 12.0 % of the population and 9.7 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 15.4 % have children under the age of 18 and 6.3% of those 65 or older.
Crime
The crime rate has an index of 386.4 points. (Compare U.S. national average: 327.2 points) In 2004 there were 0 murders, 11 rapes, 7 robberies, 32 assaults on people, 160 burglaries, 695 thefts and 42 car thefts.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Darlene Cates - Actress
- Fritz Sperberg, actor