Burnet County, Texas
The Burnet 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 Burnet.
Geography
The County is located east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2644 square kilometers, of which 65 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lampasas County, Bell County, Williamson County, Travis County, Blanco County, Llano County and San Saba County.
History
Burnet County was formed in 1852 from parts of Bell County, Travis County and Williamson County. It was named after David G. Burnet, the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Burnet County 34 147 people in 13,133 households and 9,665 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 89.64 percent White, 1.52 percent African American, 0.68 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 6.24 percent from other races groups; 1.58 percent were descended from two or more races. 14.77 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 13,133 households out of which 30.1 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 61.5 percent were married couples living together, 8.6 percent were single mothers and 26.4 percent were non-families. 22.5 percent of all households and 10.8 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.94.
24.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 to 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 37,921, and the median income for a family was $ 43,871. Males had a median income of $ 30,255, women $ 20,908. The per capita income was $ 18,850. 7.9 percent of families and 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Bertram
- Briggs
- Burnet
- Cottonwood Shores
- Fairland
- Gandy
- Granite Shoals
- Highland Haven
- Horseshoe Bay
- Lake Victor
- Mahomet
- Marble Falls
- Meadow Lakes
- Naruna
- Oakalla
- Oatmeal
- Scobee
- Sherwood Shores
- Smithwick
- Spicewood
- Sudduth
- Watson
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