Jim Wells County, Texas
The Jim Wells 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 Alice.
Geography
The County is located in southeast Texas and is in the east about 60 km from the Gulf of Mexico and the Southwest and around 90 km from Mexico. It has an area of 2249 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Live Oak County, San Patricio County, Nueces County, Kleberg County, Brooks County and Duval County.
History
Jim Wells County was formed in 1911 from parts of Nueces County. It was named after James Babbage Wells Jr., a politician from Texas.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Jim Wells County 39 326 people in 12,961 households and 10,096 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 77.90 percent White, 0.60 percent African American, 0.62 percent Native American, 0.43 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 17.93 percent from other races groups; 2.43 percent were descended from two or more races. 75.71 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 12,961 households out of which 40.2 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 58.0 percent were married couples living together, 15.2 percent were single mothers and 22.1 percent were non-families. 19.7 percent of all households and 9.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.45 persons.
31.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 to 24, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44, 20.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household was $ 28,843, and the median income for a family was $ 32,616. Males had a median income of $ 30,266, women $ 17,190. The per capita income was $ 12,252. 20.1 percent of families and 24.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places
- Alfred
- Alice
- Alice Acres
- Alice Acres Colonia
- Amargosa Colonia
- Ben Bolt
- Bentonville
- Casa Blanca
- Coyote Acres
- Ella
- K- Bar Ranch
- La Gloria
- Orange Grove
- Owl Ranch
- Palito Blanco
- Premont
- Rancho Alegre
- San Diego
- Sandia
- Seeligson
- Torian
- Westdale