Brewster County, Texas

Brewster County is one of the 254 county of Texas, located towards the Southern Region (West South Central) of United States. In 2000, county's population was 8866 inhabitants. Its population was estimated at 9331 in July 2008, giving it the 169th largest population among Texas's county. Its area is just over 6192.78 mi˛ (16039.23 square kilometre), of which, 6192.61 square miles (16038.79 square kilometre) of it is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 square kilometre) of it is water, makes it the largest by total area in Texas.

Brewster County Texas
Map of Brewster County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 8866 people, 3669 households, and 2216 families residing in the county. The population density was 1.4 people per square mile (0.54/km˛), it is the 13th least densely populated county in the U.S. state of Texas. There were 4614 housing units at an average density of 0.7 per square mile (0.27/km˛). The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.96. In the county the population was spread out, with 22.2% under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 or older. For every 100 males there were 101 females. For every 100 males age 18 and over, there were 101.6 females. The county's estimated population as of July 2008 was 9331, The racial makeup of the county was 8812 White, 233 Black or African American, 92 American Indian, 42 Asian, 7 Native Hawaiian, and 145 from two or more races.

Brewster County Texas Population 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Population 2000-2008
Brewster County Texas School Enrollment
School Enrollment 2000
Brewster County Texas GDP
GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $27386, it is the 47th lowest county by median household income in the U.S. state of Texas. The median income for a family in the county was $33962, making its Texas's 64th lowest county by median family income. The per capita income for the county was $15183, it is the 164th wealthiest county in terms of per capita income.

In 2000, 2971 pupils and students, of which 1512 are male and 1459 are female, 33.51% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, total enrollment of student are in, 84 nursery or pri school, 96 kindergarten, 1049 elementary school, 412 high school and 1330 College graduate school.

RankCityCountyTotal Area mi2Land Area mi2Water Area mi2PopulationDensity mi2Per capita IncomeHouse hold Income
1Alpine CityBrewster County4.084.08057861416.51358723979
2Marathon CdpBrewster County5.255.25045586.61788422273
3Study Butte-terlingua CdpBrewster County15.9515.95026716.71505235357
YearPopulation
April 2000 census8866
April 2000 Estimate8866
July 2000 Estimate8879
July 2001 Estimate8949
July 2002 Estimate9098
July 2003 Estimate9235
July 2004 Estimate9185
July 2005 Estimate9054
July 2006 Estimate9127
July 2007 Estimate9238
July 2008 Estimate9331
SchoolMaleFemaleTotal
Nursery school176784
Kindergarten514596
Elementary school5115381049
High school230182412
College or graduate school7036271330
PlaceMedian household incomeMedian family incomePer capita income
Brewster County, Texas$27386$33962$15183
Texas, United States$39927$45861$19617
United States$41994$50046$21587