Chambers County (Texas)

Base data
US Federal State:	Texas
Verwaltungsitz:	Anahuac
address of the administrative seat:	Chambers County Courthouse P.O. Box 728 Anahuac, TX 77514-0728
establishment:	1858
in an educated manner out:	Liberty County Jefferson County
surface:	2258 km ²
inhabitants:	26.031 (conditions: 2000)
Population density:	17 Einwohner/km ²
preselection:	001,409
Website:	of www.co.chambers.tx.us
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the Chambers County lies in the US Federal State Texas in the USA. In the year 2000 the County had 26,031 inhabitants and a population density of 17 inhabitants/km ². The seat of the County administration is in Anahuac.

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3 demographic data
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geography

the County is southeast the geographical center from Texas because of the gulf of Mexico and belongs to the Houston Sugar country Baytown metropolitan AREA. It has a surface of 2258 km ², about which 706 km ² water surface is. The County borders in the clockwise direction on the Counties: Liberty County, Jefferson County, Galveston County and Harris County.

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history

Chambers County was formed for 1858 from parts of the Jefferson County and Liberty County. It was designated after Thomas Jefferson Chambers, an early lawyer in Texas.

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demographic data

the average income of a household is about 47.964 USD. The average income of a family with 52.986 USD. Men have an average income of 43.351 USD opposite the women with on the average 25,478 USD. The Pro-Kopf-Einkommen is with 19.863 USD. 11.00% the inhabitant and 8.30% of the families live below the poverty border.
28.9% the inhabitant are old under 18 years and on 100 women starting from 18 years and over it come statistically 99.8 men. The average age amounts to 35 years. (Conditions: 2000).

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