Frio County, Texas
The Frio County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The the county seat ( county seat ) is located in Pearsall.
Geography
The County is located south of the geographic center of Texas and is with its southwestern border about 70 km from Mexico. It has an area of 2938 square kilometers, of which 3 square miles is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Medina County, Atascosa County, La Salle County, and Zavala County.
History
Frio County was formed in 1858 from parts of Atascosa County, Bexar County and Uvalde County. It was named for the Frio River.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Frio County 16,252 people in 4,743 households and 3,642 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 71.86 percent White, 4.87 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 0.41 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 19.76 percent from other races groups; 2.50 percent were descended from two or more races. 73.76 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,743 households out of which 40.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 55.2 percent were married couples living together, 16.0 percent were single mothers and 23.2 percent were non-families. 20.6 percent of all households and 9.3 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.44 persons.
28.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11.2 percent between 18 to 24, 30.8 percent between 25 and 44, 18.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 121.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 130.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 24,504, and the median income for a family was $ 26,578. Males have a median income of $ 23,810, women $ 16,498. The per capita income was $ 16,069. 24.5 percent of families and 29.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Alta Vista Colonia
- Bigfoot
- Derby
- Dilley
- Divot
- Frio Heights Colonia
- Frio Town
- Goldfinch
- Hilltop
- Hilltop Colonia
- Miguel
- Moore
- North Pearsall
- Pearsall
- Schattel
- West Pearsall