Bryan (Texas)

Brazos County

48-10912

Bryan is the capital and the county seat ( county seat ) of Brazos County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States. The city motto is: The Good Life, Texas Style.

Geography

Bryan is located near the geographical center of the county, about 150 km north- northwest of Houston, 270 km northeast of San Antonio and nearly the same distance south of Dallas. The city has a total area of ​​112.3 km ², of which 0.2 km ² water surface.

Traffic

The place has access to Highway 6, 21 and 190, at the rural roads ( farm roads ) 158, 1179, 1687 and 1688 also links with the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad.

History

The colonization of present-day urban area began in the 1820s by members of the colony to Stephen F. Austin. 1859, when the Houston and Texas Central Railroad laid its tracks through this counter, drove Austin's nephew William Joel Bryan colonization moving forward. According to him, the place was named, was recorded in 1872 as a city. 1866 opened the first post office. In 1876, the Texas A & M College on its activities and a year later the Bryan Independent School District was formed.

In 1884, the population had risen to 3000 and 1889 began with the electrification and the construction of urban water supply. In 1900, Bryan got connection to a second railway company, the International -Great Northern Railroad and the population had risen to 3589. 1902 opened its doors Carnegie Library, founded by an endowment in the amount of $ 10,000 from Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish industrialist, steel magnate and philanthropist. In the next few years the number of residents increased to 4132 ( in 1910), 6307 ( in 1920), 7814 ( in 1930) and 11,842 ( in 1940).

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 65 660 people in 23 759 households, and 14,873 families. The population density was 584.9 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 64.65 % White, 17.72 % African American, 0.40 % Native American, 1.65 % Asian, 0.08 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 13.32% from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.17% were of mixed descent, and 27.83 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 23 759 households 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 44.2 % were married couples living together. 14.0% were single mothers and 37.4 % were non-families. 26.1 % of all households were single-person households and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.27 persons to.

27.0% of the population were under 18 years old, 18.1 % from 18 to 24, 29.8 % 25-44, 15.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.3 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 28 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 95.7 males.

The median income for a household was $ 31,672, and the median income for a family $ 41,433. Males have a median income of $ 29,780 versus $ 22,428 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,770. 22.3 % of the population and 15.5 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 27.0 % have children under the age of 18 and 11.7 % of those 65 or older.

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