Burleson (Texas)

Johnson County Tarrant County

48-11428

Burleson is a city in Johnson County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States. The city is one of the percentage of the fastest growing cities in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in the central northeast Texas, both in Johnson County and in Tarrant County and has access to the Interstate 35W, the Highways 81 and 174 and Highway 731 and 3391st connection to the railroad is with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad given. The city is located 20 km south of Fort Worth and has a total area of 50.9 km ², of which 0.2 km ² water surface.

History

The history of the city began with the railroad, as the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad here their tracks between Fort Worth and Hillsboro and moved to the site of the present city in 1881, a supply depot einrichtete. Was named the depot for Rufus C. Burleson, who later became president of Baylor University.

1882 Burleson got the first post office in a saloon installed and shortly afterwards opened the first stores and the first churches were built. 1885 Alta Vista College, built for the Red Oak Academy in 1893. 1890, the place had 200 inhabitants, and ten years later the first newspaper: the Burleson banner.

1913 Burleson was supplied with electricity and natural gas from 1921 through the Lone Star Gas. 1924 Highway 21 Fort Worth was built according to Alvarado, who led through the city. In 1960 the city to the suburb of Fort Worth and the population increased from 2345 to date to more than 30,000 on.

Demographics

According to the census of 2000, there were 20,976 people in 7610 households and 5981 families. The population density was 412.2 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 95.62 % White, 0.40 % African American, 0.52 % Native American, 0.53 % Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander residents from the and 1.46 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.42% were of mixed descent, and 5.41 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7610 households 41.3 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.0 % were married couples living together. 11.2% were single mothers and 21.4 % were non-families. 18.3 % of all households were single-person households and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size amounted to 3.11.

29.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8 % from 18 to 24, 31.9% 25-44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.1 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 89.0 males.

The median income for a household was $ 50,432, and the median income for a family $ 56,031. Males have a median income of $ 40,567 versus $ 27,032 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,175. 6.0% of the population and 4.9 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 6.5 % have children under the age of 18 and 9.6 % of those 65 or older.