Webb County, Texas

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Webb County, Texas

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Location in the state of Texas
Texas's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Laredo
Area - Total - Land - Water	8,743 km² (3,376 mi²) 8,694 km² (3,357 mi²) 48 km² (19 mi²), 0.55%
Population - (2000) - Density	193,117 22/km²
Website: webbcounty.com

Webb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 193,117. By 2003 its population had been estimated to increase to 213,615. Its county seat is Laredo ⁶. The county is named for James Webb, a state and federal judge, no relation to the Democratic U.S. senator from Virginia.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Major Highways
- 1.2 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Cities
4 Unincorporated areas
5 Education
6 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 8,743 km² (3,376 mi²). 8,694 km² (3,357 mi²) of it is land and 48 km² (19 mi²) of it (0.55%) is water.

[edit] Major Highways

[edit] Adjacent counties

Dimmit County (north)
La Salle County (north)
Duval County (east)
Jim Hogg County (southeast)
Zapata County (south)
Maverick County (northwest)

The Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas lie to the west.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 193,117 people, 50,740 households, and 43,433 families residing in the county. The population density was 22/km² (58/mi²). There were 55,206 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 82.16% White, 0.37% Black or African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 14.00% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races. 94.28% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 50,740 households out of which 53.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.60% were married couples living together, 18.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.40% were non-families. 12.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.75 and the average family size was 4.10.

In the county, the population was spread out with 36.20% under the age of 18, 11.40% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 15.60% from 45 to 64, and 7.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 92.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,100, and the median income for a family was $29,394. Males had a median income of $23,618 versus $19,018 for females. The per capita income for the county was $10,759. About 26.70% of families and 31.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.40% of those under age 18 and 26.90% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Cities

[edit] Unincorporated areas

[edit] Education

Three school districts serve Webb County:

Mirando City Independent School District served students in an area of Webb County until spring 2005 (the district served all grades prior to fall 1994 and grades Kindergarten through 8 from 1994 to 2005.) In spring 2005 the Texas Education Agency closed MCISD and transferred all of its students to Webb CISD.

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