Milam County, Texas
The Milam 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 Cameron.
Geography
The County is located about 100 km east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2646 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Falls County, Robertson County, Burleson County, Lee County, Williamson County and Bell County.
History
Milam County was formed in 1836 as an original county. It was named for Benjamin Rush Milam, founder of a colony in Texas and soldier at the beginning of the Texas Revolution.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Milam County 24,238 people in 9,199 households and 6,595 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 78.89 percent White, 11.05 percent Black or African American, 0.50 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 7.70 percent from other races groups; 1.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 18.63 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 9,199 households out of which 32.4 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 56.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers and 28.3 percent were non-families. 25.9 percent of all households and 14.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.11 persons.
27.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 to 24, 24.7 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 33,186, and the median income for a family was $ 40,431. Males had a median income of $ 30,149, women $ 20,594. The per capita income was $ 16,920. 12.2 percent of families and 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Ben Arnold
- Buckholts
- Burlington
- Cameron
- Crossroads
- Cyclone
- Davilla
- Detmold
- Elevation
- Gano
- Gause
- Hoyte
- Jones Prairie
- Lilac
- Maysfield
- Meeks
- Milano
- Minerva
- Nile
- Pettibone
- Praesel
- Rockdale
- Salty
- San Gabriel
- Sandy Creek
- Sharp
- South Elm
- Thorndale
- Val Verde
- Yarrelton