County population in 2012: 46,446 (39% urban, 61% rural); it was 38,628 in 2000 County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 5,776 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 5,783 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 10,058 Renter-occupied apartments: 3,687 (it was 2,758 in 2000)
% of renters here:
22%
State:
36%
Land area: 1232 sq. mi. Water area: 3.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 37 people per square mile
(low).
Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Atascosa County: 80.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)
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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (21.9%), Retail trade (13.4%), Construction (12.0%).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,457 (1.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $774 (1.3%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 19.5%
(12.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 48.4% for Black residents, 24.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 42.1% for American Indian residents, 32.7% for other race residents, 12.4% for two or more races residents) Median age of residents in 2010: 36 years old
(Males: 35 years old, Females: 37 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 37 years old, Black residents: 26 years old, American Indian residents: 43 years old, Asian residents: 40 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 30 years old, Other race residents: 29 years old)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
This county:
20.2%
Whole state:
15.4%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
This county:
7.5%
Whole state:
6.7%
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Atascosa County is $367 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $611 a month.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Atascosa County: Ditto (A), E L Ranch (B), Hacienda de la Tordilla (C), Peeler Ranch (D), San Miguel Ranch (E), Seventy-Four Ranch (F), Sue (G), Tom Ranch (H), Vat Windmill (I), Korus Farmstead (J), Leon Valley Public Library (K), Las Palmas Branch Library (L), Landa Memorial Branch Library (M), Memorial Branch Library (N), McCreless Branch Library (O), Pan American Branch Library (P), Oakwell Branch Library (Q), San Antonio Public Library (R), San Pedro Branch Library (S), Westfall Branch Library (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Estrada Cemetery (1), Saint Andrews Cemetery (2), Saint Joseph Cemetery (3), Madre Dolorosa Cemetery (4), Luna Cemetery (5), Mendiola Cemetery (6), Lott Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Goose Lake (A), Brown Lake (B), Palmer Ranch Lake (C), Tom Ranch Lake Number 2 (D), Tom Ranch Lake Number 1 (E), Telephone Tank (F), Vat Tank (G), Sacatosa Tank (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Borrego Creek (A), Bear Branch (B), Averia Creek (C), Agua Negra Creek (D), West Prong Atascosa River (E), West Olmos Creek (F), Water Creek (G), Willow Creek (H), Christine Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Current college students: 1,183 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 65.2% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,981 (46% naturalized citizens)
Atascosa County:
5.1%
Whole state:
13.9%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
1995 to March 2000: 263
1990 to 1994: 275
1985 to 1989: 194
1980 to 1984: 243
1975 to 1979: 245
1970 to 1974: 229
1970 to 1974: 171
1965 to 1969: 361
Mean travel time to work (commute): 33.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.1%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 9,202
One, attached: 194
Two: 245
3 or 4: 177
5 to 9: 92
10 to 19: 5
20 or more: 82
Mobile homes: 4,736
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 150
Housing units in Atascosa County with a mortgage: 2,396 (42 second mortgage, 159 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,258
Here:
42.4% with mortgage
State:
64.2% with mortgage
Religion statistics:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 62.66%
Here
62.7%
USA
50.2%
Total adherents: 24,206 Total congregations: 49
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Southern Baptist Convention
United Methodist Church
Churches of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents
15,700 (64.9%)
5,200 (21.5%)
1,423 (5.9%)
608 (2.5%)
461 (1.9%)
Congregations
6 (12.2%)
16 (32.7%)
7 (14.3%)
6 (12.2%)
1 (2.0%)
Name
Assemblies of God
Evangelical Free Church of America
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Other
Adherents
309 (1.3%)
150 (0.6%)
78 (0.3%)
69 (0.3%)
208 (0.9%)
Congregations
5 (10.2%)
1 (2.0%)
1 (2.0%)
2 (4.1%)
4 (8.2%)
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Average size of farms: 435 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $33,663 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $311.15 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 18.39% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 66.70% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $31,438 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 8.28% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 24.92% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $38,613 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 91.03% Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.28 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.32% Corn for grain: 3045 harvested acres All wheat for grain: 4316 harvested acres Vegetables: 753 harvested acres Land in orchards: 498 acres
Tornado activity:
Atascosa County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 2.5 times below overall U.S. average. Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004. On 5/6/1972, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Atascosa County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Texas state average. It is 84% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/9/1993 at 12:29:19, a magnitude 4.3 (4.1 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 25.9 miles away from the county center On 4/7/2008 at 09:51:12, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, 3.9 MW, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 29.9 miles away from the county center On 7/20/1991 at 23:38:19, a magnitude 3.6 (3.4 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 29.5 miles away from the county center On 3/24/1997 at 22:31:34, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 88.6 miles away from Atascosa County center On 5/16/1993 at 15:30:19, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 23.2 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
Texas Tropical Storm Alex, Incident Period: June 27, 2010 to August 14, 2010, Emergency Declared (EM-3313): June 29, 2010, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3313, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
Texas Wildfires, Incident Period: March 14, 2008 to September 1, 2008, Emergency Declared (EM-3284): March 14, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3284, Natural disaster type: Fire
Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 16, 2007 to August 3, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1709): June 29, 2007, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1709, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
Texas Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 21, 2007 to April 24, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1697): May 1, 2007, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1697, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1606): September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1606, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared (EM-3261): September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3261, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Texas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 1, 2005, Emergency Declared (EM-3216): September 2, 2005, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Texas Hurricane Claudette, Incident Period: July 15, 2003 to July 28, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1479): July 17, 2003, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1479, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Texas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 29, 2002 to July 31, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1425): July 4, 2002, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1425, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
Texas Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes, Incident Period: October 17, 1998 to November 15, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1257): October 21, 1998, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1257, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Atascosa County (12) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7 Emergencies Declared: 5
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 5, Storms: 4, Floods: 3, Tornadoes: 3, Fires: 2, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (80%)
Other Central America (3%)
Germany (2%)
India (2%)
Cuba (2%)
Canada (2%)
Korea (1%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Atascosa County (%):
German (9%)
Irish (5%)
United States or American (5%)
English (4%)
Polish (2%)
Czech (1%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 11,180 (74%)
Carpooled: 3,067 (20%)
Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
Bicycle: 6 (0%)
Walked: 322 (2%)
Other means: 225 (1%)
Worked at home: 346 (2%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
People in group quarters in Atascosa County, Texas in 2000:
185 people in nursing homes
142 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
16 people in other group homes
7 people in religious group quarters
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
People in group quarters in Atascosa County, Texas in 2010:
369 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
8 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
7 people in group homes intended for adults
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $38,759.
8.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,522 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
8.04%
Texas average:
8.37%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.84% relocated from other counties in Texas ($27,989 average AGI)
1.21% relocated from other states ($4,533 average AGI)
Atascosa County:
1.21%
Texas average:
3.06%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,831 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
8.09%
Texas average:
7.44%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.94% relocated to other counties in Texas ($24,712 average AGI)
1.15% relocated to other states ($4,119 average AGI)
Atascosa County:
1.15%
Texas average:
2.17%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.7 Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.7
Births per 1000 population in Atascosa County
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.9 Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.5
Deaths per 1000 population in Atascosa County
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.3 Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Atascosa County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,632 (3,803 aged, 829 disabled) Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 23% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 23%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 2.34 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 7752.480 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 110.080 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 34244.43
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1543.050 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 689.4 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 11.57
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 13.71 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 64.78
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6.94
EPA green book nonattainment status in 2004-2006: 1 Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 152.7. This is more than state average.
Mechanisms of suicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Firearm - 93.7
Other - 59.0
Household type by relationship:
Households: 44,527
In family households: 40,137 (8,116 male householders, 3,427 female householders)
8,405 spouses, 14,864 children (13,479 natural, 392 adopted, 993 stepchildren), 2,081 grandchildren, 431 brothers or sisters, 409 parents, 736 other relatives, 1,152 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,390 (1,900 male householders (1,562 living alone)), 1,803 female householders (1,587 living alone)), 687 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 384 (377 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,199 2-persons, 2,507 3-persons, 2,202 4-persons, 1,426 5-persons, 671 6-persons, 538 7-or-more-persons.
54.7% of residents of Atascosa County speak English at home.
44.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $182,403,000 ($4272 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $7,804,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $84,774,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $38,392,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,376,000 Federal grants: $51,248,000 Federal procurement contracts: $1,306,000 ($528,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $3,307,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $4,705,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,338,000 Federal Government insurance: $14,465,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,418
Here:
79 per 1000 residents
State:
85 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 1,579
Here:
37 per 1000 residents
State:
35 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +194
Here:
+4 per 1000 residents
State:
+29 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +2,617
Here:
+61 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Atascosa County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.84 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
5.3
State:
5.8
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.2
State:
3.8
Year house built
2005 or later: 301
2000 to 2004: 1,631
1990 to 1999: 3,183
1980 to 1989: 3,609
1970 to 1979: 2,614
1960 to 1969: 1,471
1950 to 1959: 1,383
1940 to 1949: 675
1939 or earlier: 1,042
Rooms in houses/apartments in Atascosa County, Texas
62% of Atascosa County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Texas.
Atascosa County:
61.5%
State average:
51.6%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 31908
Northeast: 486
Midwest: 1290
South: 1448
West: 1202
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,400
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5%
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Most commonly used house heating fuel in Atascosa County
36.0 years
33.0 years
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