Washington County, Texas
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Congressional district | 10th |
Website | www |
Washington County is a
Washington County comprises the Brenham, TX
Geography
According to the
Major highways
Adjacent counties
- Brazos County (north)
- Grimes County (northeast)
- Waller County (east)
- Austin County (south)
- Fayette County (southwest)
- Lee County (west)
- Burleson County (northwest)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1850 | 5,983 | — | |
1860 | 15,215 | 154.3% | |
1870 | 23,104 | 51.9% | |
1880 | 27,565 | 19.3% | |
1890 | 29,161 | 5.8% | |
1900 | 32,931 | 12.9% | |
1910 | 25,561 | −22.4% | |
1920 | 26,624 | 4.2% | |
1930 | 25,394 | −4.6% | |
1940 | 25,387 | 0.0% | |
1950 | 20,542 | −19.1% | |
1960 | 19,145 | −6.8% | |
1970 | 18,842 | −1.6% | |
1980 | 21,998 | 16.7% | |
1990 | 26,154 | 18.9% | |
2000 | 30,373 | 16.1% | |
2010 | 33,718 | 11.0% | |
2020 | 35,805 | 6.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1850–2010[7] 2010[8] 2020[9] |
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[8] | Pop 2020[9] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
White alone (NH)
|
22,394 | 22,023 | 66.42% | 61.51% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
5,861 | 5,555 | 17.38% | 15.51% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
61 | 75 | 0.18% | 0.21% |
Asian alone (NH) | 432 | 547 | 1.28% | 1.53% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 7 | 14 | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 34 | 140 | 0.10% | 0.39% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 288 | 1,026 | 0.85% | 2.87% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4,641 | 6,425 | 13.76% | 17.94% |
Total | 33,718 | 35,805 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
As of the
as their first language.There were 11,322 households, out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.80% were married couples living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.70% under the age of 18, 11.10% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 16.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $36,760, and the median income for a family was $43,982. Males had a median income of $31,698 versus $21,346 for females. The
Communities
Cities
Unincorporated communities
Historic communities
As part of a San Jacinto Day speech in 1900, Hon. Harry Haynes said, "this grand old county, the birthplace and cradle of Texas liberty, is in a sense a vast town cemetery. Tiger Point, Union Hill, Long Point, Sandtown, Old Gay Hill, Mt. Vernon, Turkey Creek, Mt. Gilead, Rock Island, Jacksonville, Mustang, all by the inexorable decrees of new conditions and changes wrought in the course of human events have been blotted from the face of this beautiful earth."[11]
- Ayres[12]
- Cedar Creek – a mile north of Chappell Hill[13]
- Coles Settlement[14]
- Gay Hill
- Goodwill
- Graball[15]
- Mt. Vernon – 2nd county seat, 1841-1843[16]
- Muellersville[17]
- Rock Island
- Tigertown
- Winklemann – single owner tourist town[18]
- Yegua[19]
- Zionville[20]
Politics
Since the 1940s, Washington County has been powerfully Republican, with the only Democratic presidential candidate to carry it since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1936 landslide being Hill Country native Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Since 1980, no Democrat has gained more than 40 percent of the county’s vote.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 12,959 | 74.27% | 4,261 | 24.42% | 229 | 1.31% |
2016 | 10,945 | 73.79% | 3,382 | 22.80% | 505 | 3.40% |
2012 | 10,857 | 75.41% | 3,381 | 23.48% | 159 | 1.10% |
2008 | 10,176 | 70.78% | 4,034 | 28.06% | 167 | 1.16% |
2004 | 9,597 | 73.47% | 3,389 | 25.94% | 77 | 0.59% |
2000 | 8,645 | 73.21% | 2,996 | 25.37% | 168 | 1.42% |
1996 | 6,319 | 60.65% | 3,460 | 33.21% | 640 | 6.14% |
1992 | 5,817 | 53.60% | 3,283 | 30.25% | 1,753 | 16.15% |
1988 | 6,041 | 66.85% | 2,960 | 32.75% | 36 | 0.40% |
1984 | 6,506 | 72.32% | 2,483 | 27.60% | 7 | 0.08% |
1980 | 4,821 | 64.32% | 2,518 | 33.60% | 156 | 2.08% |
1976 | 3,820 | 58.77% | 2,635 | 40.54% | 45 | 0.69% |
1972 | 3,862 | 74.30% | 1,323 | 25.45% | 13 | 0.25% |
1968 | 3,244 | 57.86% | 1,686 | 30.07% | 677 | 12.07% |
1964 | 2,019 | 40.69% | 2,938 | 59.21% | 5 | 0.10% |
1960 | 2,613 | 58.21% | 1,864 | 41.52% | 12 | 0.27% |
1956 | 2,975 | 75.83% | 933 | 23.78% | 15 | 0.38% |
1952 | 3,519 | 72.17% | 1,354 | 27.77% | 3 | 0.06% |
1948 | 1,904 | 50.88% | 1,647 | 44.01% | 191 | 5.10% |
1944 | 534 | 13.27% | 1,387 | 34.46% | 2,104 | 52.27% |
1940 | 1,868 | 56.32% | 1,449 | 43.68% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 176 | 8.10% | 1,993 | 91.72% | 4 | 0.18% |
1932 | 99 | 2.79% | 3,443 | 97.12% | 3 | 0.08% |
1928 | 275 | 9.94% | 2,491 | 90.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 496 | 11.99% | 3,568 | 86.25% | 73 | 1.76% |
1920 | 684 | 21.24% | 796 | 24.72% | 1,740 | 54.04% |
1916 | 1,306 | 53.72% | 1,119 | 46.03% | 6 | 0.25% |
1912 | 546 | 29.43% | 1,111 | 59.89% | 198 | 10.67% |
The GOP was competitive in the county during the
Education
School districts:
- Brenham Independent School District
- Burton Independent School District
- Giddings Independent School District
- Hallettsville Independent School District
Blinn College is the designated community college for all of the county.[22]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Washington County
References
- ^ "Washington County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "TSHA | Brenham, TX".
- ^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Washington County". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. May 19, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- US Census Bureau.
- ^ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Washington County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Washington County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "History of Washington County". The Houston Post. April 29, 1900. p. 21 col. 2. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "Ayres, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ "Cedar Creek, TX (Washington County)" by Carole E. Christian in the Handbook of Texas, uploaded 12 June 2010; retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "John P. Coles". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "Graball, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ Christian, Carole E. "Mount Vernon, TX (Washington County)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Lehmann, Elizabeth. "Muellersville, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "Winklemann, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ "Yegua, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ Christian, Carole E. "Zionville, TX". Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ Texas Education Code Sec. 130.168. BLINN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.