Taylor County (Texas)
The Taylor County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Abilene.
Geography
The County is located about 100 km north-west of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2381 square kilometers, of which nine square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Jones County, Callahan County, Coleman County, Runnels County and Nolan County.
History
Taylor County was formed in 1858 from parts of Bexar County and Travis County. It was named after the three brothers Edward Taylor, George Taylor and James Taylor, who had been killed in 1836 in the defense of the Alamo.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Taylor County 126 555 people in 47 274 households and 32 524 families. The population density was 53 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 80.61 percent White, 6.73 percent African American, 0.58 percent Native American, 1.25 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 8.35 percent from other races groups; 2.42 percent were descended from two or more races. 17.64 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 47 274 households out of which 34.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 53.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers and 31.2 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent of all households and 9.7 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.07.
26.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 13.8 percent between 18 to 24, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44, 19.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 34,035, and the median income for a family was $ 40,859. Males had a median income of $ 28,964, women $ 21,021. The per capita income was $ 17,176. 10.4 percent of families and 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Abilene
- Blair
- Bradshaw
- Buffalo Gap
- Caps
- Hamby
- Happy Valley
- Impact
- Lawn
- Merkel
- Ovalo
- Trent
- Stith
- Trent
- Tuscola
- Tye
- View