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Burnet County is one
of about 3,141 counties and county
equivalents in the United States. It has
996.0 sq. miles in land area and a
population density of 41.8 per square
mile. In the last three decades of the
1900s its population grew by 199.0%. On
the 2000 census form, 98.4% of the
population reported only one race, with
1.5% of these reporting
African-American. The population of this
county is 14.8% Hispanic (of any race).
The average household size is 2.53
persons compared to an average family
size of 2.94 persons.
In 2005 retail trade was the largest
of 20 major sectors. It had an average
wage per job of $23,422. Per capita
income grew by 10.8% between 1994 and
2004 (adjusted for inflation). |
People
& Income Overview
(By Place of Residence) |
Value |
Industry Overview (2005)
(By Place of Work) |
Value |
| Population
(2005) |
41,676 |
Covered
Employment |
11,073 |
| Growth
(%) since 1990 |
83.8% |
Avg wage
per job |
$29,511 |
| Households
(2000) |
13,133 |
Manufacturing - % all jobs in County |
8.8% |
| Labor Force
(persons) (2005) |
20,267 |
Avg wage
per job |
$40,466 |
|
Unemployment Rate (2005) |
3.8 |
Transportation & Warehousing - % all
jobs in County |
D |
| Per Capita
Personal Income (2004) |
$27,854 |
Avg wage
per job |
D |
| Median
Household Income (2003) |
$40,925 |
Health
Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in
County |
D |
| Poverty
Rate (2003) |
11.9 |
Avg wage
per job |
D |
| H.S.
Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) |
77.8 |
Finance and
Insurance - % all jobs in County |
3.5% |
| Bachelor's
Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) |
17.4 |
Avg wage
per job |
$36,098 |
The Texas legislature passed an act making
Buchel, Foley, and Jeff Davis counties out of
Presidio County on March 15, 1887, shortly after
passing a similar act making Brewster County out
of part of Presidio County. The original
Brewster County occupied the northwestern
portion of what is now Brewster County, and
Buchel County occupied the northeastern part,
including the town of Marathon, which was
selected as the county seat. Buchel and Foley
counties were not organized, however, and on
March 22, 1889, the legislature passed an act
attaching them to Brewster County for surveying
purposes. Buchel County had 298 residents, all
but eleven of whom were white, in 1890. Seven
years later the legislature passed a bill
abolishing Buchel and Foley counties and
attaching their territory to Brewster County;
this bill was presented to Governor Charles A.
Culbersonqv on
April 9, 1897, but he neither signed it nor
returned it with his objections to the Senate
within the constitutional time limit, so it
became law without his signature. With the
abolition of Buchel and Foley counties, Brewster
County became the largest in Texas. Buchel
County was named for A. Carl Buchel.qv
bibliography: Hans Peter Nielsen
Gammel, comp., Laws of Texas, 1822-1897
(10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898).
Martin Donell Kohout
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