Mansfield (Texas)

Tarrant County Johnson County Ellis County

48-46452

Mansfield is a city in Tarrant County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located on U.S. Highway 287 in northeast Texas, 25 km southeast of Fort Worth in the southeast of the county and has a total area of 94.6 km ², of which 0.1 km ² water surface.

History

Ralph S. Man and Julian Feild example, after which it was named, moved to this area in 1857, where they built a sawmill and the first steam-powered grain mill. A descendant settlers took land around the mill and named the place first Mans Feild, after the two mill owners, from which was in the aftermath Mansfield.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 28,031 people in 8,881 households and 7,646 families. The population density was 296.7 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 86.41 % White, 4.40 % African American, 0.57 % Native American, 1.23 % Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 5.67 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.71% were Mixed Race and 12.75 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,881 households, 50.4 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 74.5 % were married couples living together. 8.3% were single mothers and 13.9 % were non-families. 10.9 % of all households were single-person households and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.32 persons to.

31.8% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8 % from 18 to 24, 34.6 % 25-44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.7 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over 101.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 66,764, and the median income for a family $ 71,700. Males have a median income of $ 50,084 versus $ 30,796 for females. The per capita income was $ 26,446. 4.0% of the population and 2.7 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 4.4% have children under the age of 18 and 5.4% of those 65 or older.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ella Mae Morse (1924-1999), a singer in the areas of rhythm and blues, country, jazz vocal and popular music.