Potter County (Texas)
The Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas to the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Amarillo.
Geography
The County is located in northwest Texas, the Texas Panhandle, about 50 km from New Mexico and in the north about 60 miles from Oklahoma is in the West away. It has an area of 2388 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers of water surface in the form of the Canadian River and the southern part of the reservoir Lake Meredith is. The county is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Moore County, Carson County, Randall County and Oldham County.
The Lake Meredith is reported as Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and is managed by the National Park Service. At the edge of the area the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, a small reserve of the type of a National Monument is located. It preserves the locality of flint, the use of Indians and their predecessors - cultures between 11,000 BC and 1870 to manufacture from the material tools and weapons.
History
Potter County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County. It was named for Robert Potter, a Secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Potter County 113 546 people in 40,760 households and 27,472 families. The population density was 48 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 68.60 percent White, 9.96 percent African American, 0.87 percent Native American, 2.49 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 15.44 percent from other races groups; 2.60 percent were descended from two or more races. 28.11 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 40,760 households out of which 34.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 47.4 percent were married couples living together, 15.0 percent were single mothers and 32.6 percent were non-families. 27.6 percent of all households and 10.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.21 persons.
28.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11.1 percent between 18 to 24, 30.1 percent between 25 and 44, 19.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 29,492, and the median income for a family was $ 35,321. Males have a median income of $ 26,123, women $ 20,275. The per capita income was $ 14,947. 15.2 percent of families and 19.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Ady
- Amarillo
- Bishop Hills
- Ground
- Bushland
- Chunky
- Cliffside
- Dumas Junction
- Folsom
- Gentry
- Juilliard
- Marsh
- Pleasant Valley
- Puente
- Pullman
- Saint Francis
- Soncy