Leon County, Texas

Leon County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 15,335. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,798 (1,080 ). 2,777 km² (1,072 sq mi) of it is land and 21 km² (8 sq mi) of it (0.77%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:US 79.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 7.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 75.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 15,335 people, 6,189 households, and 4,511 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (14/sq mi). There were 8,299 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 83.53%, 10.39% or , 0.34% , 0.18% , 0.01% , 4.50% from , and 1.06% from two or more races. 7.91% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,189 households out of which 28.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.10% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 25.60% from 45 to 64, and 20.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,981, and the median income for a family was $38,029. Males had a median income of $32,036 versus $19,607 for females. The for the county was $17,599. About 12.60% of families and 15.60% of the population were below the, including 21.20% of those under age 18 and 14.30% of those age 65 or over.

History
The legislature of the authorized Leon County in  from part of, and named it in honor of , the founder of. However, local tradition holds that it is named for a yellow of the region commonly called the león ("" in ). The county was organized that same year with its first county seat at. In the county seat was moved to  since Leona was in the far southern part of the county.