Webb County, Texas

Webb County is a located in the  of. In 2000, its population was 193,117. In its population had been estimated to have reached to 231,470. Its is. Webb County was named after, who served as secretary of the Treasury, , and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, and later United States District Judge in the State of Texas.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 8,743 (3,376 ). 8,694 km² (3,357 sq mi) of it is land and 48 km² (19 sq mi) of it (0.55%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties
The  of,  and  lie to the west.
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History
Webb County was split into two counties in 1856. was established on  and was to consist of the western portion of Webb County, Texas. The county was never organized and was finally dissolved on. The Encinal territory was absorbed into Webb County.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 193,117 people, 50,740 households, and 43,433 families residing in the county. The was 22/km² (58/sq mi). There were 55,206 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 82.16%, 0.37% or , 0.47% , 0.43% , 0.02% , 14.00% from , and 2.54% from two or more races. 94.28% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 50,740 households out of which 53.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.60% were living together, 18.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.40% were non-families. 12.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.75 and the average family size was 4.10.

In the county, the population was spread out with 36.20% under the age of 18, 11.40% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 15.60% from 45 to 64, and 7.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 92.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,100, and the median income for a family was $29,394. Males had a median income of $23,618 versus $19,018 for females. The for the county was $10,759. About 26.70% of families and 31.20% of the population were below the, including 39.40% of those under age 18 and 26.90% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Three school districts serve Webb County:

served students in an area of Webb County until spring 2005 (the district served all grades prior to fall and grades  through 8 from 1994 to 2005.) In spring 2005 the  closed MCISD and transferred all of its students to Webb CISD.