Callahan County, Texas

The Callahan 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 Baird.

Geography

The County is located east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of ​​2334 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Shackelford County, Eastland County, Brown County, Coleman County, Taylor County and Jones County.

History

Callahan County was formed in 1858 from parts of Bexar County, Bosque County and Travis County. It was named after James Hughes Callahan, a soldier during the Texas Revolution.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Callahan County 12,905 people in 5,061 households and 3,750 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 94.78 percent White, 0.22 percent African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.70 percent from other races groups; 1.35 percent were descended from two or more races. 6.29 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,061 households out of which 31.9 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 61.6 percent were married couples living together, 9.3 percent were single mothers and 25.9 percent were non-families. 23.3 percent of all households and 12.2 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.97.

26.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.6 percent between 18 to 24, 24.9 percent between 25 and 44, 25.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,463, and the median income for a family was $ 37,165. Males have a median income of $ 27,086, women $ 19,720. The per capita income was $ 15,204. 9.0 percent of families and 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Admiral
• Atwell
• Baird
• Clyde
• Cottonwood
• Cross Plains
• Denton
• Dudley
• Eula
• Jayell
• Oplin
• Putnam
• Rowden