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Lee County, Texas
Lee county texas courthouse 2014
County courthouse in Giddings, built 1899
Seal of Lee County, Texas
Seal
Map of Texas highlighting Lee County
Location in the state of Texas
Map of the U.S
Texas's location in the U.S.
Founded 1874
Named for Robert E. Lee
Seat Giddings
Largest city Giddings
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

634 sq mi (1,642 km²)
629 sq mi (1,629 km²)
5.1 sq mi (13 km²), 0.8
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density

17,478
Congressional districts 10th, 17th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Website http://www.co.lee.tx.us/

Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17,478.[1] Its county seat is Giddings.[2] The county is named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee and has many Confederate memorials and monuments to the Confederate States of America.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 634 square miles (1,640 km2), of which 5.1 square miles (13 km2) (0.8%) are covered by water.[3]

Major highways[]

  • US 77 U.S. Highway 77
  • US 290 U.S. Highway 290
  • Texas 21 State Highway 21

Adjacent counties[]

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1880 8,937
1890 11,952 33.7%
1900 14,595 22.1%
1910 13,132 −10.0%
1920 14,014 6.7%
1930 13,390 −4.5%
1940 12,751 −4.8%
1950 10,144 −20.4%
1960 8,949 −11.8%
1970 8,048 −10.1%
1980 10,952 36.1%
1990 12,854 17.4%
2000 15,657 21.8%
2010 16,612 6.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]
1850–2010[5] 2010[6] 2020[7]
Lee County, Texas - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[6] Pop 2020[7] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 10,798 10,612 65.00% 60.72%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,772 1,631 10.67% 9.33%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 44 47 0.26% 0.27%
Asian alone (NH) 52 57 0.31% 0.33%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 17 1 0.10% 0.01%
Some other race alone (NH) 7 37 0.04% 0.21%
Mixed/multiracial (NH) 198 614 1.19% 3.51%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,724 4,479 22.42% 25.63%
Total 16,612 17,478 100.00% 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

As of the census[8] of 2000, 15,657 people, 5,663 households, and 4,150 families were residing in the county. The population density was 25 inhabitants per square mile (9.7 /km2). The 6,851 housing units had an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 76.59% White, 12.08% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 8.90% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. About 18.19% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. About 35.5% were of German and 8.3% American ancestry according to Census 2000; 80.1% spoke English, 14.4% Spanish, and 5.1% German as their first language.

Of the 5,663 households, 35.7% had children under 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were not families. About 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.65, and the average family size was 3.15.

In the county, the age distribution was 28.8% under 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.60 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,280, and for a family was $42,073. Males had a median income of $30,635 versus $21,611 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,163. About 9.70% of families and 11.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.70% of those under age 18 and 16.10% of those 65 or over.

As of the 2010 census, Lee County has a similar ethnic makeup compared to the overall United States.[9]

Politics[]

Lee County was historically Democratic, although less so than the majority of Texas, as it was somewhat allied with the isolated Republican German-American Unionist stronghold centered in Gillespie and Kendall Counties. It nonetheless voted Democratic in every election up to 1976 except the landslide Republican triumphs of 1956 and 1972, plus the heavily war-influenced elections of 1916 and 1940, when its German-American population was suspicious of the Democratic Party's position towards Germany.

Since 1980, like all of the rural white South, Lee County has become powerfully Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won a majority in the county since Jimmy Carter in 1976, although during the drought- and farm crisis-dominated 1988 election Michael Dukakis won a 14-vote plurality. In the past five elections, the GOP candidate has always passed two-thirds of the county's vote and Donald Trump exceeded three-quarters in 2016 & 2020.

United States presidential election results for Lee County, Texas[10]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 6,255 77.22% 1,750 21.60% 95 1.17%
2016 4,997 76.20% 1,372 20.92% 189 2.88%
2012 4,507 72.27% 1,632 26.17% 97 1.56%
2008 4,312 67.62% 2,000 31.36% 65 1.02%
2004 4,160 68.33% 1,899 31.19% 29 0.48%
2000 3,699 66.82% 1,733 31.30% 104 1.88%
1996 2,354 49.00% 2,008 41.80% 442 9.20%
1992 2,108 41.68% 1,847 36.52% 1,103 21.81%
1988 2,513 49.60% 2,527 49.87% 27 0.53%
1984 2,967 64.05% 1,659 35.82% 6 0.13%
1980 1,803 52.08% 1,581 45.67% 78 2.25%
1976 1,348 40.81% 1,937 58.64% 18 0.54%
1972 1,877 66.70% 920 32.69% 17 0.60%
1968 1,075 35.97% 1,283 42.92% 631 21.11%
1964 923 32.86% 1,884 67.07% 2 0.07%
1960 1,048 42.76% 1,369 55.85% 34 1.39%
1956 1,200 52.77% 1,061 46.66% 13 0.57%
1952 1,316 48.61% 1,389 51.31% 2 0.07%
1948 465 21.91% 1,540 72.57% 117 5.51%
1944 771 35.11% 953 43.40% 472 21.49%
1940 1,150 54.61% 954 45.30% 2 0.09%
1936 271 18.99% 1,155 80.94% 1 0.07%
1932 110 5.67% 1,831 94.33% 0 0.00%
1928 449 27.63% 1,176 72.37% 0 0.00%
1924 271 11.87% 1,561 68.35% 452 19.79%
1920 325 14.65% 712 32.09% 1,182 53.27%
1916 836 56.11% 571 38.32% 83 5.57%
1912 134 13.58% 687 69.60% 166 16.82%



Government and infrastructure[]

GiddingsStateSchool

Giddings State School, a Texas Youth Commission reformatory, in unincorporated Lee County

The Texas Youth Commission operates the Giddings State School in unincorporated Lee County, near Giddings.[11]

As of 2004, the Giddings State School was Lee County's largest employer.[12]

Communities[]

City[]

  • Giddings (county seat)

Town[]

Unincorporated communities[]

  • Corinth
  • Dime Box
  • Hills
  • Lincoln
  • Old Dime Box
  • Serbin

Education[]

School districts:[13]

  • Dime Box Independent School District
  • Elgin Independent School District
  • Giddings Independent School District
  • Lexington Independent School District

Most of Lee County is assigned to Blinn Junior College District. Austin Community College is the designated community college for portions of Lee County in Elgin ISD.[14]

See also[]

  • List of memorials to Robert E. Lee
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Texas
  • Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Lee County

References[]

  1. ^ "Lee County, Texas". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48287. Retrieved January 30, 2022. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. 
  3. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt. 
  4. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html. 
  5. ^ "Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010". Texas Almanac. http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf. 
  6. ^ a b "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lee County, Texas". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48287&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2. 
  7. ^ a b "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lee County, Texas". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48287&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2. 
  8. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov. 
  9. ^ Patterson, Thom (July 15, 2011). "Welcome to Little America: Lee County, Texas". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/15/lee.county.texas/index.html. 
  10. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS. 
  11. ^ "Giddings State School". Texas Youth Commission. http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/programs/giddings/index.html. 
  12. ^ "Disruption at the Giddings State School". Texas Youth Commission. October 5, 2004. http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/archive/Press/100504_giddings_rooftop.html. 
  13. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lee County, TX". U.S. Census Bureau. https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48287_lee/DC20SD_C48287.pdf. Retrieved 2022-06-29.  - List
  14. ^ Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.166. Austin Community College District Service Area. Sec. 130.168. Blinn Junior College District Service Area.

External links[]

Coordinates: 30°19′N 96°58′W / 30.31, -96.96


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