Bee County, Texas

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Bee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is Beeville.[1] As of the 2020 census, its population was 31,047.[2] The Beeville, TX micropolitan statistical area includes all of Bee County. The county was founded December 8, 1857, and organized the next year.[3] It is named for Barnard E. Bee, Sr., a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.

History

On December 8, 1857, the Texas Legislature formed Bee County from sections of Refugio, Live Oak, San Patricio, Goliad, and Karnes Counties, naming it for Colonel Barnard Elliot Bee, who served the Republic of Texas as Sam Houston's secretary of war and Mirabeau B. Lamar's secretary of state.[4]

During the Anglo-American land speculation of the 1830s, the area's earliest settlers were mainly Irish immigrants, but by the late 1840s and early 1850s, the rise of Jacksonian expansionism inspired Southern whites from the North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi to occupy and build settlements in the area.[5]

As the constitution of the Republic of Texas no longer recognized the Catholic Church (or any church) as the state religion and slave-holding settlers came to dominate the area in the 1840s, small Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist congregations began forming with sustained missionary support from these denominations. Research suggests that Baptists and Methodists comprised 65% of all Texas congregations by 1870.[6]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". (0.01%) is covered by water.[7] The Aransas River forms in Bee County, southwest of Beeville and north of Skidmore.

Major highways

Adjacent counties

Demographics

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Bee County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[11] Pop 2010[12] Pop 2020[13] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 11,352 10,967 8,600 35.08% 34.42% 27.70%
Black or African American alone (NH) 3,145 2,525 2,316 9.72% 7.93% 7.46%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 62 70 54 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
Asian alone (NH) 148 162 211 0.46% 0.51% 0.68%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 8 10 2 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
Other race alone (NH) 9 38 65 0.03% 0.12% 0.21%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 185 183 407 0.57% 0.57% 1.31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,450 17,906 19,392 53.93% 56.2% 62.46%
Total 32,359 31,861 31,047 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, 31,047 people, 8,499 households, and 5,693 families resided in the county. As of the 2010 United States census, 31,861 people were living in the county; 78.8% were White, 8.1% Black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.5% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 9.7% of some other race, and 2.3% of two or more races. About 56.2% were Hispanics or Latinos (of any race).

As of the Census[14] of 2000, 32,359 people, 9,061 households, and 6,578 families lived in the county. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The 10,939 housing units had an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the county was 67.85% White, 9.90% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 19.15% from other races, and 2.13% from two or more races. About 53.93% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

Of the 9,061 households, 37.8% had children under 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were not families. About 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.74, and the average family size was 3.25.

In the county, the population was distributed as 23.4% under 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 148.40 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 164.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,392, and for a family was $32,967. Males had a median income of $26,473 versus $20,666 for females. The per capita income for the county was $10,625. About 19.70% of families and 24.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.80% of those under age 18 and 18.30% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Correctional Institutions Division Region IV Office on the grounds of Chase Field Naval Air Station in unincorporated Bee County.[15] In addition, Garza East Unit and Garza West Unit, transfer facilities, are co-located on the grounds of the naval air station,[16][17] and the McConnell Unit is also in an unincorporated area in Bee County.[18] The Beeville Distribution Center is on the grounds of the air station.[19]

In 1981 the county government provided firefighting services in unincorporated areas, and there was a proposal to move that competency to four rural firefighting districts made largely on school district boundaries, each with taxing powers.[20]

Politics

Bee County is somewhat moderate in comparison to surrounding counties in its support of Republicans in presidential elections. In 2016, Donald Trump won less than 56% of the vote. As recently as 1996, it gave a majority of its votes to the Democratic candidate. Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot Template:U.S. SenHead Template:U.S. SenRow Template:U.S. SenFoot

Education

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The Joe Barnhart Bee County Library is located in downtown Beeville across the street from the courthouse.

These school districts serve Bee County:[21]

Coastal Bend College (formerly Bee County College), a postsecondary institution, serves Bee County among other counties and areas.[22]

Communities

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The Bee County Courthouse in Beeville was designed by architect W.C. Stephenson, formerly of Buffalo, New York

City

Census-designated places

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Unincorporated communities

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See also

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References

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  15. ↑ "Correctional Institutions Division Region IV Director's Office Template:Webarchive." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Garza East Unit Template:Webarchive." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Garza West Unit Template:Webarchive." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
  18. ↑ "McConnell Unit Template:Webarchive." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
  19. ↑ "Beeville Distribution Center Template:Webarchive." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.
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  22. ↑ Texas Education Code Sec. 130.167. BEE COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The legislation calls it "Bee County College".

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