Val Verde County, Texas
The Val Verde County (Eng. green valley ) is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Del Rio.
Geography
The County is located about 70 km south-west of the geographic center of Texas and is bordered to the south and southwest on the border of Mexico. It has an area of 8372 square kilometers, of which 161 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Crockett County, Sutton County, Edwards County, in the state of Coahuila in Mexico and Terrell County.
History
Val Verde County was formed in 1885 from parts of Crockett County, Kinney County and Pecos County. It was named after the Battle of Valverde in the American Civil War.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Val Verde County 44 856 people in 14,151 households and 11,320 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 76.36 percent White, 1.54 percent African American, 0.68 percent Native American, 0.55 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 18.22 percent from other races groups; 2.60 percent were descended from two or more races. 75.46 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 14,151 households out of which 42.9 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 62.5 percent were married couples living together, 13.9 percent were single mothers and 20.0 percent were non-families. 17.5 percent of all households and 7.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.55 persons.
32.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.4 percent between 18 to 24, 27.9 percent between 25 and 44, 19.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 97 males and 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 28,376, and the median income for a family was $ 31,434. Males have a median income of $ 26,485, women $ 18,039. The per capita income was $ 12,096. 22.1 percent of families and 26.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Comstock
- Del Rio
- Langtry