Cooke County, Texas

Cooke County – History, Demography, Government and Others

History of Cooke County

Cooke County was established through an act of the Texas legislator on the 20th of March 20th 1848 and was named in honor of William G. Cooke, one of the heroes of the Texas Revolution. The boundaries of the first county included the present territory and also the land that later was later Montague, Clay, Wise and Jack counties.

Demography

According to statistics from 2016 Cooke County has a population of 39,141 (41 percent urban 59 percent rural) with more than 14,000 households, and more than 10,000 families. The density of the population was 42 people per sq mile (16/km ²). There were 15,061 dwelling units that had an average of 17 square miles (7/km ²). The race composition in the County was 88.84 percentage white, 3.06% Black or African American, 1.00% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 5.16% from other races and 1.61 percent of at least two races. Around 10% of residents comprised Hispanic and Latino, regardless of race.

Out of the more than 14,000 households that resided in Cooke County, 33.90% were home with children younger than 18 years old living in the household, 59.60 percent had married couples who lived together. 9.90 percent were female householders with no husband present. 26.70 percent of households were not family-based; 23.30% of all households were comprised of individuals. 11.10 percent had someone living in a home on their own and was aged 65 or older. or older. The median household size of 2.60 and the average family size was 2.60 while the median size of families was 3.07.

The distribution of the population was 27.30 percent of people below the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64 as well as 14.90 percent that were 65 years old or old or older. In the median, there was a age range of 37. In 100 women the number was 97.40 males. In 100 women 18 or over they had 92.80 males.

The estimates for 2015 put an estimate of the the median income of a household in Cooke County at $53,552, previous estimates indicated that the average household earnings of $37,649 and families earning the highest median at $44,869. Males earned a median of $32,429 while females earned $22,065. The per-capita earnings of $17,889. The figure was approximately 10.90 percent of households and 14.10 percent of the population was under the poverty threshold which included 19.80 percent of people aged 18 or less and 10.70 percent of people 65 and over. Median house values in 2015 were $118,254.

Population

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