Pecos County, Texas

The Pecos 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 Fort Stockton.

Geography

The County is located in western Texas and has an area of 12,341 square kilometers, of which 3 square miles is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Ward County, Crane County, Crockett County, Terrell County, Brewster County, Jeff Davis County and Reeves County.

History

Pecos County was formed in 1871 from parts of Presidio County. It was named for the Pecos River. When the County was the county seat of St. Gall, the present site of Fort Stockton, organized on March 9, 1875, about 1,000 people lived in the county. In 1880 there were 150 farms and ranches, mostly small settlers points with less than ten acres of land owned, only one ranch was over 500 acres. 1883 were separated to establish Reeves County and Terrell County parts of the county, in 1885 a part of the county was ceded to the newly founded Val Verde County.

While until 1890 cereal production was the main source of income Countybevölkerung, the Pecos County developed in 1890 to a market dominated mainly by the livestock sector. Was there in 1890 only twelve ranches with a total of 14,564 acres of land owned, the number of ranches rose to 1900 on 95 acres of land owned 2,195,000. Had it in 1900 still a preponderance of sheep ( 142,000 animals ) if compared to the cattle ( 74,000 animals), the Pecos County developed over the next decade to 1910 at any given mainly by cattle County. The agricultural census of 1910 counted 109,000 in County cattle and 61,000 sheep - with a total population of the county of 2,071 residents.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000, lived in Pecos County 16,809 people in 5,153 households and 4,029 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 75.85 percent White, 4.39 percent African American, 0.42 percent Native American, 0.51 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 16.13 percent from other races groups; 2.69 percent were descended from two or more races. 61.05 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,153 households out of which 41.0 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 62.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.6 percent were single mothers and 21.8 percent were non-families. 19.6 percent of all households and 8.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.29 persons.

27.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 13.8 percent between 18 to 24, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44, 20.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 123.1 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 132.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 28,033, and the median income for a family was $ 31,122. Males have a median income of $ 25,888, women $ 18,113. The per capita income was $ 12,212. 18.1 percent of families and 20.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Bakersfield
Baldridge
Belding
Buena Vista
Coyanosa
Fort Stockton
Girvin
Imperial
Iraan
Longfellow
Sheffield

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