Washington County (Texas)
The Washington County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Brenham.
Geography
The County is located in East Texas, about halfway to Louisiana and is from the Gulf of Mexico in the south west about 120 km. It has an area of 1609 square kilometers, of which 31 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Brazos County, Grimes County, Waller County, Austin County, Fayette County, Lee County and Burleson County.
History
Washington County was formed in 1836 as an original county. It was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Washington County 30 373 people in 11,322 households and 7,936 families. The population density was 19 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 74.68 percent White, 18.66 percent Black or African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 1.21 percent Asian, and 4.02 percent from other races; 1.16 per cent were descended from two or more races. 8.71 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 11,322 households out of which 31.6 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 54.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, and 29.9 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent of all households and 12.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.05 persons.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.1 percent between 18 to 24, 25.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64, and 16.9 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 36,760, and the median income for a family was $ 43,982. Males have a median income of $ 31,698, women $ 21,346. The per capita income was $ 17,384. 9.8 percent of families and 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places
- Berlin
- Brenham
- Burton
- Chappell Hill
- Daniels
- Earlywine
- Gay Hill
- Greenvine
- Independence
- Klump
- Lazio
- Long Point
- Mill Creek
- Mueller Ville
- Phillipsburg
- Prairie Hill
- Sandy Hill
- Sauney stand
- Washington-on -the- Brazos
- Wesley
- William Penn
- Zionville