Gonzales County, Texas
The Gonzales County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county administration is in Gonzales.
Geography
The County is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas, about 140 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 2771 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Fayette County, Lavaca County, DeWitt County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Guadalupe County and Caldwell County.
History
Gonzales County was formed in 1836 as an original county. It was named after the town of Gonzales.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Gonzales County 18.628 people in 6,782 households and 4,876 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 72.25 percent White, 8.39 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 16.48 percent from other races groups; 2.01 percent were descended from two or more races. 39.62 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 6,782 households out of which 34.2 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 54.0 percent were married couples living together, 12.3 percent were single mothers and 28.1 percent were non-families. 25.2 percent of all households and 14.3 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.21 persons.
28.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 to 24, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44, 20.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95 men.
The median income for a household was $ 28,368, and the median income for a family was $ 35,218. Males had a median income of $ 23,439, women $ 17,027. The per capita income was $ 14,269. 13.8 percent of families and 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Bebe
- Belmont
- Cost
- Dilworth
- Gonzales
- Hamon
- Harwood
- Leesville
- Maurin
- Monthalia
- Needa
- Nickel
- Nixon
- Oak Forest
- Ottine
- Sandy Fork
- Saturn
- Smiley
- Summerville
- Thompsonville
- Wrightsboro