Burnet County, Texas

Burnet County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 34,147. Its is. Burnet is named for, the first (provisional) president of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,644 (1,021 ). 2,580 km² (996 sq mi) of it is land and 65 km² (25 sq mi) of it (2.44%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 34,147 people, 13,133 households, and 9,665 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (34/sq mi). There were 15,933 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 89.64%, 1.52% or , 0.68% , 0.28% , 0.06% , 6.24% from , and 1.58% from two or more races. 14.77% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 13,133 households out of which 30.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.50% were living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.40% were non-families. 22.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.50% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,921, and the median income for a family was $43,871. Males had a median income of $30,255 versus $20,908 for females. The for the county was $18,850. About 7.90% of families and 10.90% of the population were below the, including 14.50% of those under age 18 and 7.90% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people from Burnet County

 * , Civil War general and the 1887 founder of Marble Falls, despite being blinded during the war.


 * (1923-2005), general contractor and cattle rancher, born and raised in Burnet County, founded Darragh & Lyda Inc. with Burnet County rancher Steinmetz Darragh, owned & operated Lone Star Livestock Commission Company in San Antonio and owned the 320,000 acre in Texas; Darragh & Lyda, Inc., in a joint venture with H. A. Lott Inc. of Houston, Texas, built the  and most of the major structures associated with, San Antonio's world's fair.  Lyda's company was nationally-recognized for its construction of.


 * , early Texas soldier, ranger, cattleman and civic leader. Vandeveer was a leader in presenting the petition to the legislature in 1852 to establish Burnet County and was instrumental in having the town of Burnet named the county seat