Colorado County, Texas

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Colorado County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,557.[1][2] Its county seat is Columbus.[3] It is named for the Colorado River of Texas. The county was founded in 1836 and organized the next year.[4][5]

History

The territory that is now Colorado County has been continually inhabited by humans for at least 12,000 years. The Coco branch of the Karaknawa are said to have hunted in the area, while Tonkawa crossed the area from the south.

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Confederate Memorial Museum, Colorado County, Texas

The first record of a European coming through the area that is now Colorado County was January 20, 1687, when René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, camped along Skull Creek. The party located an Indian village and named it Hebemes. The fourth expedition of Alonso De León may have crossed into the area while looking for Fort St. Louis in 1689.[6]

The area was settled by Anglo colonists who were part of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred starting in 1821. Some families settled near Beeson's Ford, a few miles south of Columbus' present day location. The area was active during the days of the Texas Revolution.[6] Dilue Rose Harris wrote her memoir of the Runaway Scrape from within the boundaries of Colorado County.[7]

The county was one of the original Republic of Texas counties when it formed in 1836.[6] Following the American Civil War, the county had one of the larger populations of African-American freedmen in the state, and was granted a Freedmen's Bureau office in Columbus.[8]

Many European settlers, particularly Germans, as well as Moravians and Bohemians from what became Czechoslovakia, began to settle in the county after the Civil War, although Germans had settled in the area as early as 1830.[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". (1.4%) are covered by water.[9]

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Demographics

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Racial and ethnic composition

Colorado County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[15] Pop 1990[16] Pop 2000[17] Pop 2010[13] Pop 2020[14] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 12,722 12,437 13,165 12,496 11,761 67.59% 67.65% 64.57% 59.86% 57.21%
Black or African American alone (NH) 3,395 3,060 2,962 2,636 2,222 18.04% 16.65% 14.53% 12.63% 10.81%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 21 26 40 24 13 0.11% 0.14% 0.20% 0.11% 0.06%
Asian alone (NH) 18 13 42 75 80 0.10% 0.07% 0.21% 0.36% 0.39%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [18] x [19] 3 15 0 x x 0.01% 0.07% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 11 14 0 25 41 0.06% 0.08% 0.00% 0.12% 0.20%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [20] x [21] 154 151 450 x x 0.76% 0.72% 2.19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,656 2,833 4,024 5,452 5,990 14.11% 15.41% 19.74% 26.12% 29.14%
Total 18,823 18,383 20,390 20,874 20,557 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 20,557. The median age was 45.6 years, with 21.7% of residents under 18 and 24.2% were 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males, and for every 100 females 18 and over there were 96.4 males.[22]

The racial makeup of the county was 64.1% White, 11.4% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 12.4% from some other race, and 11.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 29.1% of the population.[23]

About 0.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while about 100.0% lived in rural areas.[24]

Of the 8,138 households in the county, 28.4% had children under 18 living in them, 53.4% were married-couple households, 18.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.[22]

About 18.6% of the 9,992 housing units were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 77.8% were owner-occupied and 22.2% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.0%.[22]

2000 census

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Of the 7,641 households, 31.1% had children under 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were not families. About 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.56, and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county, the age distribution was 25.6% under 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.60% who were 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.30 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,425 and for a family was $41,388. Males had a median income of $30,063 versus $20,014 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,910. About 12.3% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under 18 and 15.80% of those 65 or over.

Communities

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Ghost towns

Politics

Like many southern counties,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Colorado County was predominantly Democratic prior to the 1960s and predominantly Republican since then. The last Democrat to carry the state was Jimmy Carter in 1976; George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, and Donald Trump all received more than 70% of the vote in the county.

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Education

School districts include:[26]

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The Texas Legislature assigns areas in Columbus, Rice Consolidated, and Weimar ISDs to Wharton County Junior College. The legislation does not state where Hallettsville ISD areas are assigned.[27]

See also

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References

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  27. ↑ Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.. Retrieved on October 5, 2025.

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