Howard County (Texas)

Base data
US Federal State: Texas
Verwaltungsitz: Bend jump
address
of the administrative seat:
Howard County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1468
bend jump, TX 79721-1468
establishment: 1876
in an educated manner out: Bexar County
surface: 2342 km ²
inhabitants: 33.627 (conditions: 2000)
Population density: 14 Einwohner/km ²
preselection: 001,432
Website: of www.co.howard.tx.us
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Karte des Howard County innerhalb von Texas

the Howard County lies in the US Federal State Texas in the USA. In the year 2000 the County had 33,627 inhabitants and a population density of 14 inhabitants/km ². The seat of the County administration is in bends jumps.

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geography

the County is appropriate northwest the geographical center from Texas and is distant in the west for about 90 km from new Mexico. It has a surface of 2342 km ², about which 4 km ² water surface is. The County borders in the clockwise direction on the Counties: Boards County, Mitchell County, Sterling County, Glasscock County and Martin County.

history

Howard County was formed for 1876 from parts of the Bexar County. It was designated after Volney E. Howard, a representative of Texas in congress of US.

demographic data

the average income of a household is about 30.805 USD. The average income of a family with 37.262 USD. Men have an average income of 28.971 USD opposite the women with on the average 21,390 USD. The Pro-Kopf-Einkommen is with 15.027 USD. 18.60% the inhabitant and 14.50% of the families live below the poverty border.
24.2% the inhabitant are old under 18 years and on 100 women starting from 18 years and over it come statistically 122.5 men. The average age amounts to 36 years. (Conditions: 2000).

cities and municipalities

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