Runnels County, Texas
The Runnels 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 Ballinger.
Geography
The County is located about 40 km north-west of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2738 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Taylor County, Coleman County, Concho County, Tom Green County, Coke County and Nolan County.
History
Runnels County was formed in 1858 from parts of Bexar County and Travis County. It was named after Hiram George Runnels, the 9th Governor of Mississippi.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Runnels County 11,495 people in 4,428 households and 3,157 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 81.44 percent White, 1.40 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 14.31 percent from other races groups; 1.98 percent were descended from two or more races. 29.33 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,428 households out of which 31.4 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 57.4 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers and 28.7 percent were non-families. 26.7 percent of all households and 15.7 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.06.
26.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.4 percent between 18 to 24, 24.2 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,806, and the median income for a family was $ 32,917. Males have a median income of $ 25,223, women $ 18,988. The per capita income was $ 13,577. 14.9 percent of families and 19.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Ballinger
- Bethel
- Blanton
- Bradshaw
- Crews
- Drasco
- Happy Valley
- Hatchel
- Miles
- Norton
- Pony
- Pumphrey
- Rowena
- Shep
- Wilmeth
- Wingate
- Winters