Grimes County, Texas
The Grimes 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 Anderson.
Geography
The County is located east of the geographic center of Texas, halfway to Louisiana and has an area of 2075 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Madison County, Walker County, Montgomery County, Waller County, Washington County and Brazos County.
History
Grimes County was formed in 1846 from parts of Montgomery County. It was named for Jesse Grimes, an early settler of the future County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Grimes County 23,552 people in 7,753 households and 5,628 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 71.79 percent White, 19.96 percent Black or African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.30 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 5.93 percent from other races groups; 1.65 percent were descended from two or more races. 16.08 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,753 households out of which 34.6 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 55.4 percent were married couples living together, 12.6 percent were single mothers and 27.4 percent were non-families. 23.8 percent of all households and 11.2 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.18 persons.
24.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 to 24, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 117.5 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124 men.
The median income for a household was $ 32,280, and the median income for a family was $ 38,008. Males have a median income of $ 30,138, women $ 21,747. The per capita income was $ 14,368. 13.8 percent of families and 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Anderson
- Apolonia
- Bedias
- Carlos
- Courtney
- Cross
- Erwin
- Iola
- Keith
- Navasota
- Piedmont
- Plantersville
- Richards
- Roans Prairie
- Shiro
- Singleton
- Stoneham
- Todd
- Todd Mission
- Whitehall
- Yarboro