fbpx
Wikipedia

Brazoria County, Texas

March 23, 2023

Brazoria County (/brəˈzɔːriə/ brə-ZOR-ee-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 372,031.[1] The county seat is Angleton.[2]

Brazoria County
County
The Brazoria County Courthouse in Angleton
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 29°10′N 95°26′W / 29.17°N 95.44°W / 29.17; -95.44
Country United States
State Texas
Founded1836
Named forBrazos River
SeatAngleton
Largest cityPearland
Area
 • Total1,609 sq mi (4,170 km2)
 • Land1,358 sq mi (3,520 km2)
 • Water251 sq mi (650 km2)  16%%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total372,031
 • Density272.9/sq mi (105.4/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts14th, 22nd
Websitebrazoriacountytx.gov

Brazoria County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. It is located in the Gulf Coast region of Texas.

Regionally, parts of the county are within the extreme southernmost fringe of the regions locally known as Southeast Texas. Brazoria County is among a number of counties that are part of the region known as the Texas Coastal Bend. Its county seat is Angleton, and its largest city is Pearland. Brazoria County, like Brazos County farther upriver, takes its name from the Brazos River. It served as the first settlement area for Anglo-Texas, when the Old Three Hundred emigrated from the United States in 1821. The county also includes what was once Columbia and Velasco, Texas, early capital cities of the Republic of Texas. The highest point in Brazoria County is Shelton's Shack, located near the Dow Chemical Plant B Truck Control Center, measuring 342 ft above sea level.

History

Brazoria County takes its name from the Brazos River, which flows through it. Anglo-Texas began in Brazoria County when the first of Stephen F. Austin's authorized 300 American settlers arrived at the mouth of the Brazos in 1821. Many of the events leading to the Texas Revolution developed in Brazoria County. In 1832, Brazoria was organized as a separate municipal district by the Mexican government, so became one of Texas original counties at independence in 1836.

An early resident of Brazoria County, Joel Walter Robison, fought in the Texas Revolution and later represented Fayette County in the Texas House of Representatives.[3]

Stephen F. Austin's original burial place is located at a church cemetery, Gulf Prairie Cemetery, in the town of Jones Creek, on what was his brother-in-law's Peach Point Plantation. His remains were exhumed in 1910 and brought to be reinterred at the state capital in Austin. The town of West Columbia served as the first capital of Texas, dating back to prerevolutionary days.

 
Group of men at work in Brazoria County, 1939

The Hastings Oil Field was discovered by the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in 1934. Production was from a depth of 5,990 feet (1,830 m), associated with a salt dome structure. Total production by 1954 was about 242 million barrels.[4][5]

Lake Jackson is a community developed beginning in the early 1940s to provide housing to workers at a new Dow Chemical Company plant in nearby Freeport. The county has elements of both rural and suburban communities, as it is part of greater Houston.

 
Back view of agricultural trucks, 1939

On June 2, 2016, the flooding of the Brazos River required evacuations for portions of Brazoria County.[6]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,609 square miles (4,170 km2), of which 1,358 square miles (3,520 km2) are land and 251 square miles (650 km2) (16%) are covered by water.[7]

Adjacent counties

National protected areas

Communities

Cities

Towns

Villages

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18504,841—
18607,14347.6%
18707,5275.4%
18809,77429.9%
189011,50617.7%
190014,86129.2%
191013,299−10.5%
192020,61455.0%
193023,05411.8%
194027,06917.4%
195046,54972.0%
196076,20463.7%
1970108,31242.1%
1980169,58756.6%
1990191,70713.0%
2000241,76726.1%
2010313,16629.5%
2020372,03118.8%
2021 (est.)379,689[1]2.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
1850–2010[9] 2010–2020[1]

As of the census of 2000, 241,767 people, 81,954 households, and 63,104 families resided in the county.[10] The population density was 174 people per square mile (67/km2). The 90,628 housing units averaged 65 per mi2 (25/km2). According to the 2010 United States census, 313,166 people were living in the county; by 2020, its population grew to 372,031.[11]

Of the 81,955 households in 2000, 40.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.20% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.00% were not families. About 19.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82, and the average family size was 3.23.

In the county, the age distribution as 28.60% under 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 8.80% who were 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 107 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,632, and for a family was $55,282. Males had a median income of $42,193 versus $27,728 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,021. About 8.1% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

Race and ethnicity

In the late 1800s the county was majority black as many were former slaves who had worked on plantations in the county. In 1882 it had 8,219 black people and 3,642 white people. However after Jim Crow laws were cemented, many African-Americans moved to Houston and the county became majority white. By 2022, due to the growth of ethnic minorities in Pearland, non-Hispanic white people were now a plurality and not a majority in the county as a whole.[12]

Brazoria County, Texas - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[13] Pop 2020[11] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 166,674 161,833 53.22% 43.50%
Black or African American alone (NH) 36,880 53,668 11.78% 14.43%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 1,013 1,022 0.32% 0.27%
Asian alone (NH) 17,013 26,231 5.43% 7.05%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 58 129 0.02% 0.03%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 472 1,374 0.15% 0.37%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 4,413 12,572 1.41% 3.38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86,643 115,202 27.67% 30.97%
Total 313,166 372,031 100.00% 100.00%

Note: the U.S. Census Bureau treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

In 2000, the racial makeup of the county was 77.09% White, 8.50% Black or African American, 0.53% Native American, 2.00% Asian, 9.66% from other races, and 2.22% from two or more races. About 22.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. About 12.1% were of German, 11.2% American, and 7.2% English ancestry according to 2000's census; about 79.0% spoke only English at home, while 18.1% spoke Spanish. By 2010, 70.1% were White, 12.1% African American, 5.5% Asian, 0.6% Native American, 9.2% of some other race, and 2.6% of more than one race; about 27.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).

Government and politics

Elected officials

Nathan Haller, a black man, was the elected representative for the county from 1892 to 1897. After Jim Crow laws were imposed, black residents were suppressed politically until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.[12] In 2022 most major government officials were white.[12]

United States Congress

Senators Name Party First Elected Level
  Senate Class 1 John Cornyn Republican 2002 Senior Senator
  Senate Class 2 Ted Cruz Republican 2012 Junior Senator
Representatives Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Brazoria County Represented
  District 14 Randy Weber Republican 2012 Central and southern areas (Alvin), Lake Jackson, Angleton, Freeport), also part of (Galveston County)
  District 22 Troy Nehls Republican 2008 Northern areas (Pearland), Northwest areas (Manvel), also parts of Harris and Galveston counties

Texas Legislature

Texas Senate

District Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Brazoria County Represented
  11 Larry Taylor Republican 1999 Northern and central areas
  17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 Southern areas, Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula (Galveston County)

Texas House of Representatives

District Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Brazoria County Represented
  25 Cody Vasut Republican 2020 Lake Jackson, Angleton, Freeport
  29 Ed Thompson Republican 2008 Pearland, Alvin, Manvel

Pearland native Kyle Kacal, a Republican from College Station, holds the District 12 state House seat based in Brazos and four neighboring counties.[14]

United States presidential election results for Brazoria County, Texas[15]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 90,433 58.35% 62,228 40.15% 2,323 1.50%
2016 72,791 60.07% 43,200 35.65% 5,190 4.28%
2012 70,862 66.39% 34,421 32.25% 1,456 1.36%
2008 67,515 64.34% 36,480 34.76% 945 0.90%
2004 63,662 68.27% 28,904 31.00% 682 0.73%
2000 53,445 66.79% 24,883 31.10% 1,691 2.11%
1996 36,392 55.44% 22,959 34.98% 6,287 9.58%
1992 30,384 42.51% 21,861 30.59% 19,222 26.90%
1988 34,028 57.60% 23,436 39.67% 1,617 2.74%
1984 39,166 67.52% 18,609 32.08% 234 0.40%
1980 27,614 58.08% 18,253 38.39% 1,677 3.53%
1976 19,475 46.65% 21,711 52.01% 558 1.34%
1972 21,045 64.89% 11,350 35.00% 37 0.11%
1968 10,631 35.32% 11,439 38.00% 8,033 26.69%
1964 8,477 34.60% 15,917 64.98% 103 0.42%
1960 10,880 50.13% 10,561 48.66% 264 1.22%
1956 9,536 56.49% 7,137 42.28% 208 1.23%
1952 8,360 49.88% 8,386 50.03% 15 0.09%
1948 2,133 25.51% 4,783 57.19% 1,447 17.30%
1944 850 11.05% 5,543 72.07% 1,298 16.88%
1940 799 17.43% 3,781 82.46% 5 0.11%
1936 462 16.59% 2,284 82.01% 39 1.40%
1932 617 17.25% 2,948 82.44% 11 0.31%
1928 1,588 59.39% 1,086 40.61% 0 0.00%
1924 1,114 37.21% 1,761 58.82% 119 3.97%
1920 1,235 47.41% 1,184 45.45% 186 7.14%
1916 581 33.62% 1,033 59.78% 114 6.60%
1912 263 19.02% 746 53.94% 374 27.04%

Law enforcement and jails

Brazoria County Sheriff's Office
 
AbbreviationBCSO
Agency overview
Formed1836[16]
Jurisdictional structure
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersAngleton, Texas
Sheriff responsible
  • Leonard "Bo" Stallman
Website
http://www.brazoria-county.com/sheriff/

The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is the oldest law enforcement agency in the State of Texas, established by the Republic of Texas in March 1836. Among its duties include running the Brazoria County Jail, located at 3602 County Road 45 in unincorporated central Brazoria County, north of Angleton.[17]

 
Clemens Unit, one of several prisons in Brazoria County

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates six state prisons for men and its Region III office in unincorporated Brazoria County.[18] As of 2007,1,495 full-time correctional job positions were in the county.[19] In 1995, of the counties in Texas, Brazoria had the second-highest number of state prisons and jails, after Walker County.[20] In 2003, a total of 2,572 employees were employed at the six TDCJ facilities.[21] The TDCJ units are:

(The following 3 are co-located in Otey,[25] near Rosharon.[23])

  • Ramsey Unit - The unit is co-located with Stringfellow and Terrell. The TDCJ Region III Maintenance Headquarters is within this unit.[26]
  • Stringfellow Unit, near Rosharon - The unit is co-located with Ramsey and Terrell.[27] The unit was originally named Ramsey II Prison Unit.[28]
  • C. T. Terrell Unit - The unit is co-located with Ramsey and Stringfellow.[29] It was originally known as the Ramsey III Unit.[30]

In 2007, TDCJ officials said discussions to move the Central Unit from Sugar Land to Brazoria County were preliminary.[19]

Former units:

Education

A variety of school districts serve Brazoria County students. They include:[33]

Alvin Community College and Brazosport College serve as higher education facilities. Alvin CC serves areas in Alvin, Danbury, and Pearland ISDs as well as portions of the Angleton ISD that Alvin CC had annexed prior to September 1, 1995. Brazosport College serves the remainder of Angleton ISD and the Brazosport, Columbia-Brazoria, Damon, and Sweeny ISD areas.[34]

The Brazoria County Library System has branches in Alvin, Angleton, Brazoria, Clute, Danbury, Freeport, Lake Jackson, Manvel, Pearland, Sweeny and West Columbia, and runs the Brazoria County Historical Museum.

Transportation

Major highways

Airports

The Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, in central unincorporated Brazoria County, is the county's sole publicly owned airport.

The following airports, located in the county, are privately owned and for public use:

The closest airport with regularly scheduled commercial service is Houston's William P. Hobby Airport, located in southern Houston in adjacent Harris County. The Houston Airport System has stated that Brazoria County is within the primary service area of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, an international airport in Houston in Harris County.[35]

Toll roads

Brazoria County Toll Road Authority
Authority overview
FormedDecember 2003 (2003-12)[36]
JurisdictionBrazoria County, Texas
HeadquartersBrazoria Commissioners Court

The Brazoria County Toll Road Authority operates toll lanes on TX 288 inside Brazoria County. They connect to the SH 288 Express Toll Lanes in Harris County operated by the Texas Department of Transportation.

History

BCTRA came into existence in December, 2003 [36] when it saw that the Houston area needed more roadways and wanted to have a say so about any roads that come into Brazoria County.

Roadway system

The only toll road BCTRA has in operation at this time is the Brazoria County Expressway. Located within the media of SH 288, the expressway begins at County Road 58 in Manvel and is maintained by BCTRA for five miles up to the Harris County line at Clear Creek. The 288 Toll Lanes continue into Harris County (maintained by TxDOT) for ten miles up to I-69/US 59 in Houston. Construction began on the Brazoria County Expressway in late 2016 and was completed on November 16, 2020. Tolls are collected electronically and an EZ Tag, TxTag or TollTag is required for passage.[37][38]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Brazoria County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. ^ . National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Robison, Joel Walter". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. ^ Olien, Diana; Olien, Roger (2002). Oil in Texas, The Gusher Age, 1895-1945. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 214. ISBN 0292760566.
  5. ^ Weingartner, R. (1949). Nettleton, L.L. (ed.). Geophysical Case History of the Hastings Oil Field, Brazoria and Galveston Counties, Texas, in Geophysical Case Histories, Volume 1=1948. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. pp. 156–165.
  6. ^ "Mandatory evacuations ordered in Brazoria County". Houston Chronicle. June 2, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  9. ^ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010" (PDF). Texas Almanac. (PDF) from the original on March 19, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  10. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  11. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Brazoria County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
  12. ^ a b c Hardy, Michael (February 18, 2022). "Brazoria County Is Poised to Elect Its First Black Congressman. Not Everyone Is Happy About It". Texas Monthly. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  13. ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Brazoria County, Texas". United States Census Bureau.
  14. ^ "Kyle Kacal's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  15. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  16. ^ . Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  17. ^ "Sheriff's Office September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." Brazoria County. Accessed September 13, 2008.
  18. ^ "Region III Director's Office January 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on January 8, 2010.
  19. ^ a b Lowman, John. "Talk of prison move preliminary." Brazosport Facts. Wednesday June 6, 2007. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
  20. ^ Horswell, Cindy. "For hard-hit economy of Liberty County, crime officially pays." Houston Chronicle. Thursday June 29, 1995. A30. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.
  21. ^ a b Isensee, Bridie. "TDCJ makes overtime changes", Brazosport Facts, 13 August 2003, Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  22. ^ "CLEMENS (CN) 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." TDCJ. Accessed September 12, 2008.
  23. ^ a b Staff and Wire Reports. "Parts of Houston join evacuation," Houston Chronicle, 21 September 2005, Retrieved on May 10, 2010.
  24. ^ "DARRINGTON (DA) 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." TDCJ. Accessed September 12, 2008.
  25. ^ "Table of Contents and Excerpt, Trulson and Marquart, First Available Cell." University of Texas Press. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.
  26. ^ "RAMSEY (R1) August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." TDCJ. Accessed September 12, 2008.
  27. ^ "STRINGFELLOW (R2) 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine." TDCJ. Accessed September 12, 2008.
  28. ^ Tompkins, John. "Ramsey unit renamed." Brazosport Facts. November 10, 2006. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
  29. ^ "C. T. TERRELL (R3) 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." TDCJ. Accessed September 12, 2008.
  30. ^ Timms, Ed. "Uneasy about death row, Terrell wants name off unit Prison expected to be renamed." The Dallas Morning News. July 14, 2001. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. "Another prison the Ramsey III unit in Brazoria County probably will be renamed for Mr Terrell".
  31. ^ "SCOTT (RV) 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine." TDCJ. Accessed September 12, 2008.
  32. ^ McCarty, Maddy (October 30, 2020). "TDCJ main Wayne Scott unit closing". The Brazosport Facts. Clute, Texas. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  33. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Brazoria County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2022. - Text list
  34. ^ Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.163. ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. Sec. 130.170. BRAZOSPORT COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.. The college zone map of Alvin ISD shows what was annexed before September 1, 1995.
  35. ^ "Master Plan Executive Summary July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." George Bush Intercontinental Airport Master Plan. Houston Airport System. December 2006. 2-1 (23/130). Retrieved on December 14, 2010.
  36. ^ a b . Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  37. ^ "Brazoria County Expressway". Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  38. ^ Fresh drive: This is what the new 288 toll road looks like for one of the first drivers Click2Houston.com (KPRC-TV) Published on November 12, 2020, and updated on November 16, 2020 (Retrieved 22 November 2020)

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brazoria County, Texas.
  • Brazoria County government
  • Brazoria County Day website
  • Brazoria County FireFighters Association
  • Brazoria County Museum
  • Brazoria County Parks Department
  • Brazoria County, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
  • Brazoria County from the Texas Almanac
  • Brazoria County from the TXGenWeb Project
  • Historic materials about Brazoria County, hosted by the Portal to Texas History

Coordinates: 29°10′N 95°26′W / 29.17°N 95.44°W / 29.17; -95.44

March 23, 2023
brazoria, county, texas, brazoria, county, ɔːr, brə, county, state, texas, 2020, census, population, county, county, seat, angleton, brazoria, countycountythe, brazoria, county, courthouse, angletonseallocation, within, state, texastexas, location, within, coo. Brazoria County b r e ˈ z ɔːr i e bre ZOR ee e is a county in the U S state of Texas As of the 2020 census the population of the county was 372 031 1 The county seat is Angleton 2 Brazoria CountyCountyThe Brazoria County Courthouse in AngletonSealLocation within the U S state of TexasTexas s location within the U S Coordinates 29 10 N 95 26 W 29 17 N 95 44 W 29 17 95 44Country United StatesState TexasFounded1836Named forBrazos RiverSeatAngletonLargest cityPearlandArea Total1 609 sq mi 4 170 km2 Land1 358 sq mi 3 520 km2 Water251 sq mi 650 km2 16 Population 2020 Total372 031 Density272 9 sq mi 105 4 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 Central Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Congressional districts14th 22ndWebsitebrazoriacountytx wbr govBrazoria County is included in the Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area It is located in the Gulf Coast region of Texas Regionally parts of the county are within the extreme southernmost fringe of the regions locally known as Southeast Texas Brazoria County is among a number of counties that are part of the region known as the Texas Coastal Bend Its county seat is Angleton and its largest city is Pearland Brazoria County like Brazos County farther upriver takes its name from the Brazos River It served as the first settlement area for Anglo Texas when the Old Three Hundred emigrated from the United States in 1821 The county also includes what was once Columbia and Velasco Texas early capital cities of the Republic of Texas The highest point in Brazoria County is Shelton s Shack located near the Dow Chemical Plant B Truck Control Center measuring 342 ft above sea level Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Adjacent counties 2 2 National protected areas 3 Communities 3 1 Cities 3 2 Towns 3 3 Villages 3 4 Census designated places 3 5 Unincorporated communities 3 6 Ghost towns 4 Demographics 4 1 Race and ethnicity 5 Government and politics 5 1 Elected officials 5 1 1 United States Congress 5 2 Texas Legislature 5 2 1 Texas Senate 5 2 2 Texas House of Representatives 5 3 Law enforcement and jails 6 Education 7 Transportation 7 1 Major highways 7 2 Airports 7 3 Toll roads 7 3 1 History 7 3 2 Roadway system 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditBrazoria County takes its name from the Brazos River which flows through it Anglo Texas began in Brazoria County when the first of Stephen F Austin s authorized 300 American settlers arrived at the mouth of the Brazos in 1821 Many of the events leading to the Texas Revolution developed in Brazoria County In 1832 Brazoria was organized as a separate municipal district by the Mexican government so became one of Texas original counties at independence in 1836 An early resident of Brazoria County Joel Walter Robison fought in the Texas Revolution and later represented Fayette County in the Texas House of Representatives 3 Stephen F Austin s original burial place is located at a church cemetery Gulf Prairie Cemetery in the town of Jones Creek on what was his brother in law s Peach Point Plantation His remains were exhumed in 1910 and brought to be reinterred at the state capital in Austin The town of West Columbia served as the first capital of Texas dating back to prerevolutionary days Group of men at work in Brazoria County 1939 The Hastings Oil Field was discovered by the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in 1934 Production was from a depth of 5 990 feet 1 830 m associated with a salt dome structure Total production by 1954 was about 242 million barrels 4 5 Lake Jackson is a community developed beginning in the early 1940s to provide housing to workers at a new Dow Chemical Company plant in nearby Freeport The county has elements of both rural and suburban communities as it is part of greater Houston Back view of agricultural trucks 1939 On June 2 2016 the flooding of the Brazos River required evacuations for portions of Brazoria County 6 Geography EditAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 1 609 square miles 4 170 km2 of which 1 358 square miles 3 520 km2 are land and 251 square miles 650 km2 16 are covered by water 7 Adjacent counties Edit Harris County north Galveston County northeast Gulf of Mexico southeast Matagorda County southwest Wharton County west Fort Bend County northwest National protected areas Edit Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge part Communities EditCities Edit Alvin Angleton county seat Brazoria Brookside Village Clute Danbury Freeport Iowa Colony Lake Jackson Liverpool Manvel Oyster Creek Pearland small parts in Harris and Fort Bend counties Richwood Sandy Point Surfside Beach Sweeny West Columbia Towns Edit Holiday Lakes QuintanaVillages Edit Bailey s Prairie Bonney Hillcrest Jones CreekCensus designated places Edit Damon East Columbia Rosharon Ryan Acres Wild Peach VillageUnincorporated communities Edit Amsterdam Anchor Brazosport Bryan Beach Chenango China Grove Chocolate Bayou Danciger English Four Corners Hinkle s Ferry Lochridge Old Ocean Otey Silverlake Snipe Turtle Cove Ghost towns Edit Hasima Hastings Lake Barbara Mims Oakland Perry Landing VelascoDemographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 18504 841 18607 14347 6 18707 5275 4 18809 77429 9 189011 50617 7 190014 86129 2 191013 299 10 5 192020 61455 0 193023 05411 8 194027 06917 4 195046 54972 0 196076 20463 7 1970108 31242 1 1980169 58756 6 1990191 70713 0 2000241 76726 1 2010313 16629 5 2020372 03118 8 2021 est 379 689 1 2 1 U S Decennial Census 8 1850 2010 9 2010 2020 1 As of the census of 2000 241 767 people 81 954 households and 63 104 families resided in the county 10 The population density was 174 people per square mile 67 km2 The 90 628 housing units averaged 65 per mi2 25 km2 According to the 2010 United States census 313 166 people were living in the county by 2020 its population grew to 372 031 11 Of the 81 955 households in 2000 40 80 had children under the age of 18 living with them 62 20 were married couples living together 10 40 had a female householder with no husband present and 23 00 were not families About 19 10 of all households were made up of individuals and 6 40 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 82 and the average family size was 3 23 In the county the age distribution as 28 60 under 18 8 60 from 18 to 24 32 40 from 25 to 44 21 50 from 45 to 64 and 8 80 who were 65 or older The median age was 34 years For every 100 females there were 107 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 107 4 males The median income for a household in the county was 48 632 and for a family was 55 282 Males had a median income of 42 193 versus 27 728 for females The per capita income for the county was 20 021 About 8 1 of families and 10 2 of the population were below the poverty line including 12 6 of those under age 18 and 8 7 of those age 65 or over Race and ethnicity Edit In the late 1800s the county was majority black as many were former slaves who had worked on plantations in the county In 1882 it had 8 219 black people and 3 642 white people However after Jim Crow laws were cemented many African Americans moved to Houston and the county became majority white By 2022 due to the growth of ethnic minorities in Pearland non Hispanic white people were now a plurality and not a majority in the county as a whole 12 Brazoria County Texas Demographic Profile NH Non Hispanic Race Ethnicity Pop 2010 13 Pop 2020 11 2010 2020White alone NH 166 674 161 833 53 22 43 50 Black or African American alone NH 36 880 53 668 11 78 14 43 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 1 013 1 022 0 32 0 27 Asian alone NH 17 013 26 231 5 43 7 05 Pacific Islander alone NH 58 129 0 02 0 03 Some Other Race alone NH 472 1 374 0 15 0 37 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 4 413 12 572 1 41 3 38 Hispanic or Latino any race 86 643 115 202 27 67 30 97 Total 313 166 372 031 100 00 100 00 Note the U S Census Bureau treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos can be of any race In 2000 the racial makeup of the county was 77 09 White 8 50 Black or African American 0 53 Native American 2 00 Asian 9 66 from other races and 2 22 from two or more races About 22 78 of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race About 12 1 were of German 11 2 American and 7 2 English ancestry according to 2000 s census about 79 0 spoke only English at home while 18 1 spoke Spanish By 2010 70 1 were White 12 1 African American 5 5 Asian 0 6 Native American 9 2 of some other race and 2 6 of more than one race about 27 7 were Hispanic or Latino of any race Government and politics EditElected officials Edit Nathan Haller a black man was the elected representative for the county from 1892 to 1897 After Jim Crow laws were imposed black residents were suppressed politically until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s 12 In 2022 most major government officials were white 12 United States Congress Edit Senators Name Party First Elected Level Senate Class 1 John Cornyn Republican 2002 Senior Senator Senate Class 2 Ted Cruz Republican 2012 Junior SenatorRepresentatives Name Party First Elected Area s of Brazoria County Represented District 14 Randy Weber Republican 2012 Central and southern areas Alvin Lake Jackson Angleton Freeport also part of Galveston County District 22 Troy Nehls Republican 2008 Northern areas Pearland Northwest areas Manvel also parts of Harris and Galveston countiesTexas Legislature Edit Texas Senate Edit District Name Party First Elected Area s of Brazoria County Represented 11 Larry Taylor Republican 1999 Northern and central areas 17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 Southern areas Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula Galveston County Texas House of Representatives Edit District Name Party First Elected Area s of Brazoria County Represented 25 Cody Vasut Republican 2020 Lake Jackson Angleton Freeport 29 Ed Thompson Republican 2008 Pearland Alvin ManvelPearland native Kyle Kacal a Republican from College Station holds the District 12 state House seat based in Brazos and four neighboring counties 14 United States presidential election results for Brazoria County Texas 15 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 90 433 58 35 62 228 40 15 2 323 1 50 2016 72 791 60 07 43 200 35 65 5 190 4 28 2012 70 862 66 39 34 421 32 25 1 456 1 36 2008 67 515 64 34 36 480 34 76 945 0 90 2004 63 662 68 27 28 904 31 00 682 0 73 2000 53 445 66 79 24 883 31 10 1 691 2 11 1996 36 392 55 44 22 959 34 98 6 287 9 58 1992 30 384 42 51 21 861 30 59 19 222 26 90 1988 34 028 57 60 23 436 39 67 1 617 2 74 1984 39 166 67 52 18 609 32 08 234 0 40 1980 27 614 58 08 18 253 38 39 1 677 3 53 1976 19 475 46 65 21 711 52 01 558 1 34 1972 21 045 64 89 11 350 35 00 37 0 11 1968 10 631 35 32 11 439 38 00 8 033 26 69 1964 8 477 34 60 15 917 64 98 103 0 42 1960 10 880 50 13 10 561 48 66 264 1 22 1956 9 536 56 49 7 137 42 28 208 1 23 1952 8 360 49 88 8 386 50 03 15 0 09 1948 2 133 25 51 4 783 57 19 1 447 17 30 1944 850 11 05 5 543 72 07 1 298 16 88 1940 799 17 43 3 781 82 46 5 0 11 1936 462 16 59 2 284 82 01 39 1 40 1932 617 17 25 2 948 82 44 11 0 31 1928 1 588 59 39 1 086 40 61 0 0 00 1924 1 114 37 21 1 761 58 82 119 3 97 1920 1 235 47 41 1 184 45 45 186 7 14 1916 581 33 62 1 033 59 78 114 6 60 1912 263 19 02 746 53 94 374 27 04 Law enforcement and jails Edit Brazoria County Sheriff s Office AbbreviationBCSOAgency overviewFormed1836 16 Jurisdictional structureGeneral natureLocal civilian policeOperational structureHeadquartersAngleton TexasSheriff responsibleLeonard Bo StallmanWebsitehttp www brazoria county com sheriff The Brazoria County Sheriff s Office is the oldest law enforcement agency in the State of Texas established by the Republic of Texas in March 1836 Among its duties include running the Brazoria County Jail located at 3602 County Road 45 in unincorporated central Brazoria County north of Angleton 17 Clemens Unit one of several prisons in Brazoria County The Texas Department of Criminal Justice TDCJ operates six state prisons for men and its Region III office in unincorporated Brazoria County 18 As of 2007 1 495 full time correctional job positions were in the county 19 In 1995 of the counties in Texas Brazoria had the second highest number of state prisons and jails after Walker County 20 In 2003 a total of 2 572 employees were employed at the six TDCJ facilities 21 The TDCJ units are Clemens Unit 22 nearBrazoria 23 Memorial Unit formerly Darrington Unit near Rosharon The Windham School District Region III office is within the unit 24 The following 3 are co located in Otey 25 near Rosharon 23 Ramsey Unit The unit is co located with Stringfellow and Terrell The TDCJ Region III Maintenance Headquarters is within this unit 26 Stringfellow Unit near Rosharon The unit is co located with Ramsey and Terrell 27 The unit was originally named Ramsey II Prison Unit 28 C T Terrell Unit The unit is co located with Ramsey and Stringfellow 29 It was originally known as the Ramsey III Unit 30 In 2007 TDCJ officials said discussions to move the Central Unit from Sugar Land to Brazoria County were preliminary 19 Former units Retrieve Unit later Wayne Scott Unit near Angleton 21 31 Main prison closed in 2020 32 Education EditA variety of school districts serve Brazoria County students They include 33 Alvin ISD Angleton ISD Brazosport ISD Columbia Brazoria ISD Danbury ISD Damon ISD Friendswood ISD Pearland ISD Sweeny ISDAlvin Community College and Brazosport College serve as higher education facilities Alvin CC serves areas in Alvin Danbury and Pearland ISDs as well as portions of the Angleton ISD that Alvin CC had annexed prior to September 1 1995 Brazosport College serves the remainder of Angleton ISD and the Brazosport Columbia Brazoria Damon and Sweeny ISD areas 34 The Brazoria County Library System has branches in Alvin Angleton Brazoria Clute Danbury Freeport Lake Jackson Manvel Pearland Sweeny and West Columbia and runs the Brazoria County Historical Museum Transportation EditMajor highways Edit State Highway 6 State Highway 35 State Highway 36 State Highway 288 State Highway 332Airports Edit The Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport in central unincorporated Brazoria County is the county s sole publicly owned airport The following airports located in the county are privately owned and for public use Flyin B Airport in western unincorporated Brazoria County Skyway Manor Airport in Pearland Pearland Regional Airport in eastern unincorporated Brazoria County south of the Pearland city limitsThe closest airport with regularly scheduled commercial service is Houston s William P Hobby Airport located in southern Houston in adjacent Harris County The Houston Airport System has stated that Brazoria County is within the primary service area of George Bush Intercontinental Airport an international airport in Houston in Harris County 35 Toll roads Edit Brazoria County Toll Road AuthorityAuthority overviewFormedDecember 2003 2003 12 36 JurisdictionBrazoria County TexasHeadquartersBrazoria Commissioners CourtThe Brazoria County Toll Road Authority operates toll lanes on TX 288 inside Brazoria County They connect to the SH 288 Express Toll Lanes in Harris County operated by the Texas Department of Transportation History Edit BCTRA came into existence in December 2003 36 when it saw that the Houston area needed more roadways and wanted to have a say so about any roads that come into Brazoria County Roadway system Edit The only toll road BCTRA has in operation at this time is the Brazoria County Expressway Located within the media of SH 288 the expressway begins at County Road 58 in Manvel and is maintained by BCTRA for five miles up to the Harris County line at Clear Creek The 288 Toll Lanes continue into Harris County maintained by TxDOT for ten miles up to I 69 US 59 in Houston Construction began on the Brazoria County Expressway in late 2016 and was completed on November 16 2020 Tolls are collected electronically and an EZ Tag TxTag or TollTag is required for passage 37 38 See also Edit Texas portalList of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast National Register of Historic Places listings in Brazoria County Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Brazoria CountyReferences Edit a b c U S Census Bureau QuickFacts Brazoria County Texas United States Census Bureau Retrieved January 31 2022 Find a County National Association of Counties Archived from the original on June 15 2011 Retrieved June 7 2011 Robison Joel Walter Texas State Historical Association Retrieved August 2 2015 Olien Diana Olien Roger 2002 Oil in Texas The Gusher Age 1895 1945 Austin University of Texas Press p 214 ISBN 0292760566 Weingartner R 1949 Nettleton L L ed Geophysical Case History of the Hastings Oil Field Brazoria and Galveston Counties Texas in Geophysical Case Histories Volume 1 1948 Society of Exploration Geophysicists pp 156 165 Mandatory evacuations ordered in Brazoria County Houston Chronicle June 2 2016 Retrieved July 19 2018 2010 Census Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau August 22 2012 Retrieved April 19 2015 Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades US Census Bureau Texas Almanac Population History of Counties from 1850 2010 PDF Texas Almanac Archived PDF from the original on March 19 2013 Retrieved April 19 2015 U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved May 14 2011 a b P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Brazoria County Texas United States Census Bureau a b c Hardy Michael February 18 2022 Brazoria County Is Poised to Elect Its First Black Congressman Not Everyone Is Happy About It Texas Monthly Retrieved February 22 2022 P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2010 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Brazoria County Texas United States Census Bureau Kyle Kacal s Biography votesmart org Retrieved February 23 2014 Leip David Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Retrieved July 19 2018 Brazoria County Sheriff s Office Archived from the original on July 16 2009 Retrieved June 25 2009 Sheriff s Office Archived September 15 2008 at the Wayback Machine Brazoria County Accessed September 13 2008 Region III Director s Office Archived January 25 2010 at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice Retrieved on January 8 2010 a b Lowman John Talk of prison move preliminary Brazosport Facts Wednesday June 6 2007 Retrieved on May 9 2010 Horswell Cindy For hard hit economy of Liberty County crime officially pays Houston Chronicle Thursday June 29 1995 A30 Retrieved on July 23 2010 a b Isensee Bridie TDCJ makes overtime changes Brazosport Facts 13 August 2003 Retrieved 2010 05 09 CLEMENS CN Archived 2010 07 25 at the Wayback Machine TDCJ Accessed September 12 2008 a b Staff and Wire Reports Parts of Houston join evacuation Houston Chronicle 21 September 2005 Retrieved on May 10 2010 DARRINGTON DA Archived 2010 07 25 at the Wayback Machine TDCJ Accessed September 12 2008 Table of Contents and Excerpt Trulson and Marquart First Available Cell University of Texas Press Retrieved on July 16 2010 RAMSEY R1 Archived August 21 2008 at the Wayback Machine TDCJ Accessed September 12 2008 STRINGFELLOW R2 Archived 2008 08 21 at the Wayback Machine TDCJ Accessed September 12 2008 Tompkins John Ramsey unit renamed Brazosport Facts November 10 2006 Retrieved on December 7 2009 C T TERRELL R3 Archived 2010 07 25 at the Wayback Machine TDCJ Accessed September 12 2008 Timms Ed Uneasy about death row Terrell wants name off unit Prison expected to be renamed The Dallas Morning News July 14 2001 Retrieved on May 9 2010 Another prison the Ramsey III unit in Brazoria County probably will be renamed for Mr Terrell SCOTT RV Archived 2008 09 24 at the Wayback Machine TDCJ Accessed September 12 2008 McCarty Maddy October 30 2020 TDCJ main Wayne Scott unit closing The Brazosport Facts Clute Texas Retrieved February 19 2023 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Brazoria County TX PDF U S Census Bureau Archived PDF from the original on April 19 2021 Retrieved June 29 2022 Text list Texas Education Code Sec 130 163 ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA Sec 130 170 BRAZOSPORT COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA The college zone map of Alvin ISD shows what was annexed before September 1 1995 Master Plan Executive Summary Archived July 11 2011 at the Wayback Machine George Bush Intercontinental Airport Master Plan Houston Airport System December 2006 2 1 23 130 Retrieved on December 14 2010 a b Brazoria County Creates Toll Authority Texas County Progress Archived from the original on August 19 2014 Retrieved January 31 2018 Brazoria County Expressway Retrieved May 28 2017 Fresh drive This is what the new 288 toll road looks like for one of the first drivers Click2Houston com KPRC TV Published on November 12 2020 and updated on November 16 2020 Retrieved 22 November 2020 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brazoria County Texas Brazoria County government Brazoria County Day website Brazoria County FireFighters Association Brazoria County Museum Brazoria County Parks Department Brazoria County Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Brazoria County from the Texas Almanac Brazoria County from the TXGenWeb Project Historic materials about Brazoria County hosted by the Portal to Texas History Coordinates 29 10 N 95 26 W 29 17 N 95 44 W 29 17 95 44 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brazoria County Texas amp oldid 1140324230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.