Rockwall County, Texas

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Rockwall County, Texas
Map
Location in the state of Texas
Statistics
Formed
Seat	Rockwall
Area - Total - Land - Water	385 km² (149 mi²) 334 km² (129 mi²) 52 km² (20 mi²), 13.39%
Population - (2000) - Density	43,080 129/km²
Website: www.rockwallcountytexas.com

Rockwall County, a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is Texas' smallest county in area. As of 2000, the population was 43,080. Its county seat is Rockwall ⁶. This county is considered part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

The county and city are named for a wall-like subterranean rock formation that runs throughout the county.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Major Highways
- 1.2 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns
4 Roads and highways
5 Education
6 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 385 km² (149 mi²), making it the smallest county in Texas. 334 km² (129 mi²) of it is land and 52 km² (20 mi²) of it (13.39%) is water.

[edit] Major Highways

[edit] Adjacent counties

Collin County (north)
Hunt County (east)
Kaufman County (south)
Dallas County (west)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 43,080 people, 14,530 households, and 11,972 families residing in the county. The population density was 129/km² (334/mi²). There were 15,351 housing units at an average density of 46/km² (119/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 89.17% White, 3.24% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 1.32% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 4.45% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. 11.07% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 14,530 households out of which 44.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.00% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.60% were non-families. 14.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the county, the population was spread out with 30.10% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 31.10% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 8.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $65,164, and the median income for a family was $71,448. Males had a median income of $49,636 versus $32,410 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,573. About 3.80% of families and 4.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.60% of those under age 18 and 4.10% of those age 65 or over.

Rockwall County was ranked the third fastest-growing county in the nation by the US Census Bureau from 2000 to 2005, adding 19,870 people. 2000-43,074 2005-62,944 (46.1% change)

[edit] Cities and towns

† Dallas is a city of Dallas County and none of it extends into Rockwall County.
*Heath is mainly a city of Rockwall County but a small portion extends into northern Kaufman County.
** Rowlett is mainly a city of Dallas County but a portion of it extends into Rockwall County.
*** Royse City is mainly a city of Rockwall County but a portion of it extends into Collin County and Hunt County.
**** Wylie is mainly a city of Collin County but a small part extends into Rockwall County and Dallas County.

[edit] Roads and highways

Interstate 30
U.S. Highway 67 -- multiplexed with I-30 and unsigned in this county

[edit] Education

The following school districts serve Rockwall County:

Rockwall Independent School District (small portion in Kaufman County)
Royse City Independent School District (small portion in Collin, Hunt counties)

[edit] External links

Rockwall County government's website
Rockwall County from the Handbook of Texas Online

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Counties	Collin \| Dallas \| Denton \| Ellis \| Henderson \| Hood \| Hunt \| Johnson \| Kaufman \| Parker \| Rockwall \| Tarrant \| Wise
Above 500,000	Dallas^† \| Fort Worth^†
200,000 - 500,000	Arlington \| Garland \| Irving \| Plano
100,000 - 200,000	Carrollton \| Denton^† \| Grand Prairie \| McKinney^† \| Mesquite
50,000 - 100,000	Allen \| Euless \| Flower Mound \| Frisco \| Lewisville \| North Richland Hills \| Richardson
10,000 - 50,000	Addison \| Athens^† \| Azle \| Balch Springs \| Bedford \| Benbrook \| Burleson \| Cedar Hill \| Cleburne^† \| Colleyville \| Coppell \| Corinth \| Decatur^† \| DeSoto \| Duncanville \| Ennis \| Farmers Branch \| Forest Hill \| Grapevine \| Greenville^† \| Haltom City \| Highland Village \| Hurst \| Keller \| Lancaster \| Little Elm \| Mansfield \| Rockwall^† \| Rowlett \| Sachse \| Saginaw \| Seagoville \| Southlake \| Terrell \| The Colony \| University Park \| Watauga \| Waxahachie^† \| Weatherford^† \| White Settlement \| Wylie
Under 10,000	Blue Mound \| Cockrell Hill \| Combine \| Crowley \| Dalworthington Gardens \| Edgecliff Village \| Everman \| Glenn Heights \| Granbury^† \| Highland Park \| Hutchins \| Kaufman^† \| Kennedale \| Lake Worth \| Lakeside \| Newark \| Ovilla \| Pantego \| Pelican Bay \| Richland Hills \| River Oaks \| Sansom Park \| Sunnyvale \| Westover Hills \| Westworth Village \| Willow Park \| Wilmer
† - County Seat. A full list of cities under 10,000 is available here.

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