Starr County, Texas
The Starr County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat), Rio Grande City.
Geography
The County is located in the south of Texas, bounded on the southwest by Mexico and the east is about 80 km from the Gulf of Mexico. It has an area of 3184 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Jim Hogg County, Brooks County, Hidalgo County and Zapata County.
History
Starr County was formed in 1848 from parts of Nueces County. It was named for James Harper Starr, a Minister of Finance of the Republic of Texas.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Starr County 53 597 people in 14,410 households and 12,666 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 87.92 percent White, 0.15 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 9.91 percent from other races groups; 1.46 percent were descended from two or more races. 97.54 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 14,410 households out of which 54.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 66.5 percent were married couples living together, 17.4 percent were single mothers and 12.1 percent were non-families. 11.3 percent of all households and 5.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.69 and the average family size was 4.01 persons.
37.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 11.0 percent between 18 to 24, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44, 16.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 16,504, and the median income for a family was $ 17,556. Males had a median income of $ 17,398, women $ 13,533. The per capita income was $ 7,069. 47.4 percent of families and 50.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Delmita
- El Centro
- El Sauz
- Escobares
- Falcon
- Falcon Heights
- Falcon Village
- Fort Ringgold
- Fronton
- Garceno
- Garciasville
- Grulla
- La Casita
- La Gloria
- La Reforma
- Los Saenz
- Rincon
- Rio Grande
- Rio Grande City
- Romany
- Salineno
- San Isidro
- Santa Catarina
- Santa Elena
- Villa Real