Devers (Texas)

Liberty County

48-20140

Devers is a city in Liberty County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in the southeast corner of the county, in southeast Texas, is in the east about 70 miles from Louisiana, in the southeast about 55 km from the Gulf of Mexico.

History

At its founding in 1832, the settlement was called Carter Station, named after one of the first settlers, later Dever 's Woods, according to Thomas, Philip and John Dever. In 1870 got the place after the Texas and New Orleans Railroad and in 1874, the first post office. In 1892 the name was then changed to the present form.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 416 people in 141 households and 111 families. The population density was 85.9 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 69.47 % White, 14.90% Black or African American, 0.24 % Native American, 0.00 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 13.94 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.44% were of mixed descent, and 20.43 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 141 households 36.9 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.8 % were married couples living together. 12.8% were single mothers and 20.6 % were non-families. 16.3 % of all households were single-person households and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.31 persons to.

30.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 5.8 % from 18 to 24, 28.6 % 25-44, 22.8 % from 45 to 64, and 12.5 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 87.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 30,278, and the median income for a family $ 31,042. Males had a median income of $ 30,625 versus $ 15,208 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,962. 22.6 % of the population and 23.6 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 23.5 % have children under the age of 18 and 16.7 % of those 65 or older.