Galveston County, Texas

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Galveston County, Texas
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Location in the state of Texas
Texas's location in the USA
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Founded	1838
Seat	Galveston
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	2,261 km² (873 mi²) 1,032 km² (398 mi²) 1,229 km² (474 mi²), 54.35%
Population  - (2005)  - Density	277,563 242/km²
Website: www.co.galveston.tx.us

Galveston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of 2005 U.S. Census estimate, the population is 277,563. Its county seat is Galveston⁶. League City is the largest city in Galveston County [1]; between 2000 and 2005 it surpassed Galveston as the county's largest city.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Major Highways 1.2 Adjacent counties 2 Demographics 2.1 United States Congress 2.2 Texas Legislature 2.2.1 Texas Senate 2.2.2 Texas House of Representatives 3 Communities 3.1 Cities 3.2 Villages 3.3 Unincorporated areas 4 Education 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Galveston County is located on the plains of the Texas Gulf Coast in the southeastern part of the state. The county is bounded on the northeast by Galveston Bay and on the northwest by Clear Creek and Clear Lake. Much of the county covers Galveston Bay, and is bounded to the south by the storm-battered beaches at the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,261 km² (873 mi²). 1,032 km² (398 mi²) of it is land and 1,229 km² (474 mi²) of it (54.35%) is water.

[edit] Major Highways

• Interstate 45
• State Highway 6 (Texas)
• State Highway 87 (Texas)
• State Highway 146 (Texas)

[edit] Adjacent counties

• Harris County (north)
• Chambers County (northeast)
• Brazoria County (west)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 250,158 people, 94,782 households, and 66,157 families residing in the county. The population density was 242/km² (628/mi²). There were 111,733 housing units at an average density of 108/km² (280/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 72.69% White, 15.44% Black or African American, 0.47% Native American, 2.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 7.18% from other races, and 2.08% from two or more races. 17.96% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 94,782 households out of which 33.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were married couples living together, 13.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,419, and the median income for a family was $51,435. Males had a median income of $41,406 versus $28,703 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,568. About 10.10% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.60% of those under age 18 and 10.20% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] United States Congress

Senators		Name	Party	First Elected	Level
	Senate Class 1	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	1993	Senior Senator
	Senate Class 2	John Cornyn	Republican	2002	Junior Senator
Representatives		Name	Party	First Elected	Area(s) of Galveston County Represented
	District 14	Ron Paul	Republican	1996 (also served 1976-1977 and 1979-1985)	Galveston, Dickinson, League City, Kemah, most of Texas City
	District 22	Nick Lampson	Democrat	2006 (also served 1997-2005)	La Marque, Santa Fe, part of Texas City

[edit] Texas Legislature

[edit] Texas Senate

District		Name	Party	First Elected	Area(s) of Galveston County Represented
	11	Mike Jackson	Republican	1999	Galveston County Mainland
	17	Kyle Janek	Republican	2002	Galveston Island & Bolivar Peninsula

[edit] Texas House of Representatives

District		Name	Party	First Elected	Area(s) of Galveston County Represented
	23	Craig Eiland	Democrat	1994	Galveston, Texas City, all of Bolivar Peninsula
	24	Larry Taylor	Republican	2002	Hitchcock, La Marque, Santa Fe, Dickinson, League City, Friendswood (Galveston County part), Algoa, Kemah, Clear Lake Shores

[edit] Communities

[edit] Cities

Bayou Vista Clear Lake Shores Dickinson Friendswood

Galveston Hitchcock Jamaica Beach Kemah

La Marque League City Santa Fe Texas City

[edit] Villages

• Tiki Island

[edit] Unincorporated areas

• Bacliff
• Bolivar Peninsula
• Gilchrist
• High Island
• Port Bolivar
• San Leon

[edit] Education

Several school districts serve Galveston County communities.

• Clear Creek ISD
• Dickinson ISD
• Friendswood ISD
• Galveston ISD
• High Island ISD
• Hitchcock ISD
• La Marque ISD
• Santa Fe ISD
• Texas City ISD

Several Galveston County cities operate public libraries.

• The Rosenberg Library is the oldest public library in Texas and serves as the headquarters for the Galveston County Library System. Its librarian also functions as the Galveston County librarian.

[edit] External links

• Galveston County government’s website
• Historic materials of Galveston County, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
• Galveston County, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

	Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown METROPOLITAN AREA
Counties	Austin | Brazoria | Chambers | Fort Bend | Galveston | Harris | Liberty | Montgomery | San Jacinto | Waller
"Principal" cities	Houston | Sugar Land | Baytown | Galveston
Cities and towns	Alvin | Angleton | Bellaire | Cleveland | Clute | Conroe | Dayton | Deer Park | Dickinson | Fairchilds | Freeport | Friendswood | Galena Park | Hitchcock | Humble | Jacinto City | Jersey Village | Katy | Lake Jackson | La Marque | La Porte | League City | Liberty | Missouri City | Pasadena | Pearland | Richmond | Rosenberg | Santa Fe | Seabrook | Sealy | South Houston | Stafford | Texas City | Tomball | Webster | West University Place
Unincorporated areas	Atascocita | Channelview | Cloverleaf | Cypress | Klein | Spring | The Woodlands