Travis County is located in the U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of 50 subnational entities of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. However, state citizenship is very flexible, and no government approval is required to of Texas Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ ) is a state in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. It is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, with an area of 268,820 square miles (696. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area As of the census of 2000, there were 1,249,763 people, 471,855 households, and 295,781 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 72.49% White, 7.96% African American, 0.57% Native American, 3.52% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 12.75% from other races, and 2.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26. In the 2008 2008 was a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini era (or Common Era), the population was 998,543; the county has gained more than 400,000 residents since 1990. Its county seat A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there. Parts of the Canadian Maritimes also use the term shire town. In England, Wales and Ireland, the term is Austin Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas and the American South, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 15th-largest in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. According to the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, Austin had,[1] the capital of Texas. The county is named in honor of William Barret Travis, the commander of the Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was a sovereign nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1846 forces at the Battle of the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo is the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution. After a revolutionary army of Texian settlers and adventurers from the United States drove all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas, Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led an invasion to regain control of the area. Mexican forces arrived in San Antonio de Bexar on.
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Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,022 square miles (2,647 km²). 989 square miles (2,562 km²) are land and 33 square miles (85 km²) (3.21%) are water.
Major highways
- Interstate 35 Interstate 35 in Texas is a major north-south Interstate Highway running from Laredo near the United States-Mexico border to the Red River north of Gainesville where it crosses into Oklahoma. Along its route, it passes through the cities of San Antonio, Austin, and Waco before it splits into two auxiliary routes just north of Hillsboro. Interstate
- U.S. Highway 183
- U.S. Highway 290 U.S. Highway 290 is an east-west highway located entirely in Texas. Its current western terminus is at Interstate 10 milepost 477 (768 km), southeast of Junction, and its eastern terminus is at Interstate 610 on the northwest side of Houston. Prior to the Interstate era, it extended nearly 300 miles (483 km) farther west to an intersection with US
- State Highway 71
- State Highway 130
Adjacent counties
- Williamson County Williamson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. In 2000, the population was 249,967 and by the 2007 Census estimated it had grown to 373,363, a 49.4% increase . Its county seat is Georgetown. The county is named for Robert McAlpin Williamson, a leader and veteran of the (north)
- Bastrop County According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 896 square miles , of which, 888 square miles (2,301 km²) of it is land and 8 square miles (20 km²) of it (0.84%) is water (east)
- Caldwell County Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. In 2000, the population was 32,194. Its county seat is Lockhart. Caldwell County was named in 1848, after Matthew Caldwell, a ranger captain who fought in the Battle of Plum Creek against the Comanches and later against Santa Anna' (south)
- Hays County Hays County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 97,589. It is named for John Coffee Hays, a Texas Ranger and Mexican-American War officer. The seat of the county is San Marcos (southwest)
- Blanco County Blanco County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population is 8,418. Its county seat is Johnson City. Blanco is named for the Blanco River which traverses the county. The State of Texas formed Blanco County in 1858 from portions of Burnet, Comal, Gillespie and Hays Counties. The city of Blanco served as the county (west)
- Burnet County Burnet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 34,147. Its county seat is Burnet. Burnet is named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first president of the Republic of Texas (northwest)
National protected area Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental, cultural or similar value. The term protected area includes Marine Protected Areas, which refers to protected areas whose boundaries include some area of ocean. A large number of kinds of protected area exist, which vary by level of protection and by the
- Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (part)
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 812,280 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography was 821 people per square mile (317/km²). There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile (131/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 68.21% White, 9.26% Black or African American, 0.58% Native American, 4.47% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 14.56% other races, and 2.85% from two or more races. 28.20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 12.0% were of German The German people are an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent, and speaking the German language as a mother tongue. Within Germany, Germans are defined by citizenship (Federal Germans, Bundesdeutsche), distinguished from people of German ancestry (Deutschstämmige). Historically, in the context of the German, 7.7% English Traditionally Christianity, mostly Anglicanism, but also non-conformists and also Roman Catholics (see Catholic Emancipation). Minority Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and others (See Religion in England), 6.6% Irish The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years (according to archaeological studies), with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians (in legend - there is no and 5.5% American The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the ancestry according to Census 2000 The U.S. resident population includes the total number of people in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Bureau also enumerated the residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; its population was 3,808,610, an 8.1% increase over the number from a decade earlier. English the sole language spoken at home by 71.42% of the population age 5 or over, while 22.35% speaks Spanish Spanish , sometimes called Castilian (castellano), is a Romance language that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade. It was taken most notably to the Americas, and also to Africa and Asia Pacific with the expansion of the Spanish Empire between, and a Chinese language Chinese or the Sinitic language (汉语/漢語, pinyin: Hànyǔ; 华语/華語, Huáyǔ; or 中文, Zhōngwén) is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About (including Mandarin The latter grouping is defined and used mainly by linguists, and is not commonly used outside of academic circles as a self-description. Instead, when asked to describe the spoken form they are using, Chinese speaking a form of non-Standard Mandarin will describe the variant that they are speaking, for example Southwestern Mandarin or Northeastern, Taiwanese Taiwanese Minnan , commonly known as Taiwanese (Tâi-oân-oē, 臺灣話), is a variant of the Min Nan Chinese language spoken by about 70% of the population of Taiwan. The largest ethnic group in Taiwan for which Taiwanese Minnan is considered a native language is known as Hoklo or Holo (Hō-ló). The correspondence between language and ethnicity, and Cantonese Cantonese (academically known as Yue or Yüeh (Wade-Giles), after the Mandarin pronunciation of 「粵」) is a primary branch of Chinese. The name "Cantonese" is also commonly used in a narrower sense for Standard Cantonese, the prestige dialect of Cantonese in the broader sense) is spoken by 1.05% [1].
The 2005 American Community Survey conducted by the census indicated that 25.1% of Travis County's population spoke Spanish in the home.[citation needed]
In 2000 there were 320,766 households, of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.60% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.70% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were composed of individuals and 4.40% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15.
The population's age distribution was 23.80% under the age of 18, 14.70% from 18 to 24, 36.50% from 25 to 44, 18.20% from 45 to 64, and 6.70% age 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 104.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.50 males.
The median income per household in the county was $46,761, and the median income per family was $58,555. Males had a median income of $37,242 versus $30,452 for females. The per capita income Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year. When comparing nations per capita income reflects in the county was $25,883. About 7.70% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the poverty line The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate standard of living in a given country. In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries.[citation needed], including 13.90% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.
Travis County, along with other Texas counties, has one of the nation's highest property tax rates. In 2007, the county was ranked 37th in the nation for property taxes as percentage of the homes value on owner occupied housing. The list only includes counties with a population over 65,000 for accuracy[3]. Travis County also ranked in the top 100 for amount of property taxes paid and for percentage of taxes of income. Part of this is due to the complex Robin Hood plan The Robin Hood plan was a media nickname given to legislation enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 to provide court-mandated equitable school financing for all school districts in the state. Similar to the legend of Robin Hood, who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor", the law "recaptured" property tax revenue from school financing law that exists in Texas.[4]
Communities
Cities, towns, and villages
Herman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse in Austin(a portion of southern Round Rock also extends into northern Travis county) (a portion of Elgin extends into Travis County)
Census-designated places
- Anderson Mill
- Barton Creek
- Garfield
- Hudson Bend
- Jollyville
- Lost Creek
- Onion Creek
- Shady Hollow
- Wells Branch
- Windemere
Unincorporated areas
Culture
Austin ZooThe Austin Zoo is located at 10807 Rawhide Trail in an unincorporated area.[5]
Corrections
The Travis County Jail and the Travis County Criminal Justice Center are located in Downtown Austin.[6][7] The Travis County Correctional Complex is located in an unincorporated area in Travis County, next to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.[8]
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Travis County Unit, a state jail for men, in eastern Austin.[9]
References
- ^ "". National Association of Counties. . Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/1888.html
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E5DB173BF934A35753C1A9629C8B63
- ^ "Contact Us." Austin Zoo. Retrieved on February 1, 2009.
- ^ "Travis County Jail (TCJ)." Travis County Sheriff's Office. Accessed September 14, 2008.
- ^ "Criminal Justice Center (CJC)." Travis County Sheriff's Office. Accessed September 14, 2008.
- ^ "Travis County Correctional Complex (TCCC)." Travis County Sheriff's Office. Accessed September 14, 2008.
- ^ "Travis County (TI)." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Accessed September 14, 2008.
External links
- Travis County Information Directory
- Travis County Government website
- Travis County from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Travis County Law Library
- Travis County, Texas at the Open Directory Project
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