Dallas County (Texas)
The Dallas 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 Dallas.
Geography
The County is located north-east of the geographic center of Texas and is in the north about 80 km from the state of Oklahoma away. It has an area of 2353 square kilometers, of which 75 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Collin County, Rockwall County, Kaufman County, Ellis County, Tarrant County and Denton County.
History
Dallas County was established on March 30, 1846 from parts of Nacogdoches County and Robertson County. It was named for George M. Dallas, the 11th Vice President of the United States. 1861, the population of the county opted for secession. The County itself was spared by the civil war, but fought about 1,300 men from the field in the Army of the South.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 2,218,899 people in Dallas County in 807 621 households and 533 837 families. The population density was 974 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 58.35 percent White, 20.31 percent Black or African American, 0.56 percent Native Americans, 3.98 percent Asian American, 0.06 percent Pacific Islander, and 14.04 percent from other races; 2.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 29.87 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
Of the 807 621 households out of which 35.1 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 46.9 percent were married couples living together, 14.1 percent were single mothers and 33.9 percent were non-families. 27.3 percent of all households and 5.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size 3.34 persons.
The population was spread out with 27.9 percent under the age of 18, 10.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 34.4 percent between 25 and 44 years, 18.9 percent between 45 and 64 years and 8.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.
The median income for a household was $ 43,324, and the median income for a family was $ 49,062. Males have a median income of $ 34,988, women $ 29,539. The per capita income was $ 22,603 . 10.6 percent of families and 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Addison
- Arcadia Park
- Audelia
- Balch Springs
- Bethard
- Bethel
- Bobwyn
- Bouchard
- Buckingham
- Carrollton
- Cedar Hill
- Cedarview
- Centerville
- Cockrell Hill
- Combine
- Coppell
- Dallas
- Dalrock
- DeSoto
- Duncanville
- Eagle Ford
- Estelle
- Farmers Branch
- Florence Hill
- Fruitdale
- Garland
- Glenn Heights
- Grand Prairie
- Gribble
- Highland Park
- Hutchins
- Inwood
- Irving
- Kingswood
- Kleberg
- Lakeland Heights
- Lakeview
- Lancaster
- Lawson
- Ledbetter Hills
- Liberty Grove
- Meaders
- Mesquite
- Naaman
- New Hope
- Oak Cliff
- Oldham
- Ovilla
- Patrick
- Pleasant Run
- Pleasant Valley
- Rawlins
- Red Bird Addition
- Reinhardt
- Winner
- Richardson
- River Oaks
- Rose Hill
- Rowlett
- Rylie
- Saxon
- Sargent
- Seagoville
- Shady Grove
- Shamrock
- Shiloh
- Sowers
- Sunnyvale
- Trinity Mills
- Tripp
- University Park
- White Rock
- Wilmer
- Woodland Hills
- Wylie
- Zacha Junction
Culture
See: List of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County ( Texas)