Guadalupe County (Texas)
The Guadalupe 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 Seguin.
Geography
The County is located southeast of the geographic center of Texas, about halfway to the Gulf of Mexico and has an area of 1850 square kilometers, of which 8 square miles is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hays County, Caldwell County, Gonzales County, Wilson County, Bexar County and Comal County.
History
The Guadalupe County was formed in 1846 from parts of Bexar County and Gonzalez County. It was named after the Guadalupe River.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 in Guadalupe County 89 023 people lived in 30,900 households and 23,823 families. The population density was 48 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 77.65 percent White, 5.01 percent African American, 0.55 percent Native American, 0.87 percent Asian, 0.10 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 12.76 percent from other races groups; 3.07 percent were descended from two or more races. 33.21 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 30,900 households out of which 38.3 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 61.6 percent were married couples living together, 11.2 percent were single mothers and 22.9 percent were non-families. 18.9 percent of all households and 7.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.23 persons.
28.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 to 24, 29.1 percent between 25 and 44, 22.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97 males and 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 43,949, and the median income for a family was $ 49,645. Males have a median income of $ 32,450, women $ 23,811. The per capita income was $ 18,430. 7.3 percent of families and 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Barbarosa
- Camp Willow
- Cibolo
- Clear Springs
- Bile
- Geronimo
- Haeckerville
- Kingsbury
- Marion
- McQueeney
- New Berlin
- New Braunfels
- Northcliff
- Redwood
- Santa Clara
- Schertz
- Schumann Ville
- Seguin
- Selma
- Staples
- Weinert
- Anger
- Zuehl