Johnson County, Texas

Johnson County is a located in the  of. In 2000, its population was 126,811. Its is, and the county is part of the. Johnson County is named for, a , soldier, and politician.

History
The first settler of Johnson county was who lived in a log cabin on the Nolan River. His log cabin is still in existence today, and can be seen along in. Johnson County's first county seat was Wardville, located at the present site of Lake Pat Cleburne. In Buchanan became the county seat. In Johnson County was split, and the western half became Hood County. Camp Henderson became the new county seat and the settlement was renamed Cleburne in honor of Confederate General.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,902 (734 ). 1,889 km² (729 sq mi) of it is land and 13 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.68%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 126,811 people, 43,636 households, and 34,428 families residing in the county. The was 67/km² (174/sq mi). There were 46,269 housing units at an average density of 24/km² (63/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.01%, 2.50% or , 0.64% , 0.52% , 0.18% , 4.52% from , and 1.63% from two or more races. 12.12% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 43,636 households out of which 39.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.70% were living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.10% were non-families. 17.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the county, the population was spread out with 28.80% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 10.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,621, and the median income for a family was $49,963. Males had a median income of $36,718 versus $25,149 for females. The for the county was $18,400. About 6.90% of families and 8.80% of the population were below the, including 10.60% of those under age 18 and 10.90% of those age 65 or over.

Education
, a private  in Keene, is currently the only four-year institution of higher learning in Johnson County. Southwestern is affiliated with the. a in, a town in neighboring  also provides tertiary education, with a campus in Cleburne since 1971.