Uvalde County, Texas

Uvalde County is a located in the  of. In 2000, its population was 25,926. Its is. The county is named for, the governor of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,037 (1,559 ). 4,031 km² (1,557 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.13%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 83.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:US 90.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 55.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 127.svg|25px]]

Adjacent counties

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 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (west)
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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 25,926 people, 8,559 households, and 6,641 families residing in the county. The was 6/km² (17/sq mi). There were 10,166 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 75.68%, 0.36% or , 0.68% , 0.39% , 0.08% , 19.65% from , and 3.16% from two or more races. 65.91% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 8,559 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.96 and the average family size is 3.42.

In the county, the population was spread out with 31.4% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 20% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,164, and the median income for a family was $30,671. Males had a median income of $25,135 versus $16,486 for females. The for the county was $12,557. About 19.90% of families and 24.3% of the population were below the, including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 18.6% of those age 65 or over.

Trivia

 * During the, the of Uvalde County was noted  and former.