County population in 2012: 19,085 (55% urban, 45% rural); it was 17,044 in 2000 County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 3,262 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 3,805 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 6,372 Renter-occupied apartments: 1,941 (it was 1,507 in 2000)
% of renters here:
19%
State:
36%
Land area: 935 sq. mi. Water area: 31.4 sq. mi.
Population density: 21 people per square mile
(low).
Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Llano County: 83.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)
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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (19.9%), Retail trade (13.9%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.0%), Construction (11.8%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (10.0%).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,647 (1.1%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,094 (0.9%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 10.3%
(9.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 17.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 4.9% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents) Median age of residents in 2010: 55 years old
(Males: 54 years old, Females: 55 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 55 years old, Black residents: 32 years old, American Indian residents: 44 years old, Asian residents: 40 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 28 years old, Other race residents: 31 years old)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
This county:
10.3%
Whole state:
15.4%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
This county:
3.9%
Whole state:
6.7%
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Llano County is $502 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $661 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $791 a month.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Llano County: Duncan Community Center (A), Fowler Ranch (B), Granite Hills Ranch (C), Hutchinson School (D), Castell Volunteer Fire Department (E), Tow Volunteer Fire Department (F), Sandy Harbor Subdivision Fire Station (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Llano County include: Shiloh Church (A), Haywood Memorial Church (B), Saint Johns Church (C), Genesis Lutheran Church (D), Highland Lakes United Methodist Church (E), Oatman Creek Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Martin Cemetery (1), Cap Mountain Cemetery (2), Mayes Chapel Cemetery (3), Schneider Cemetery (4), Pecan Cemetery (5), Sixmile Cemetery (6), Tow Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Freight Development Company Lake (A), Barry Lake (B), Ratliff Lake (C), Llano River Lake (D), Moss Lake 2 (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Board Branch (A), Blockhouse Creek (B), Bernst Creek (C), Bennett Creek (D), Bedford Creek (E), Barnett Branch (F), Bailey Branch (G), Babyhead Creek (H), Arant Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Current college students: 182 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.5% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 348 (36% naturalized citizens)
Llano County:
2.0%
Whole state:
13.9%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
1995 to March 2000: 45
1990 to 1994: 49
1985 to 1989: 64
1980 to 1984: 57
1975 to 1979: 35
1970 to 1974: 13
1970 to 1974: 19
1965 to 1969: 66
Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 61.9%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,084
One, attached: 840
Two: 276
3 or 4: 146
5 to 9: 178
10 to 19: 102
20 or more: 35
Mobile homes: 2,045
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 123
Housing units in Llano County with a mortgage: 1,717 (55 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,717
Here:
38.7% with mortgage
State:
64.2% with mortgage
Religion statistics:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 44.97%
Here
45.0%
USA
50.2%
Total adherents: 7,665 Total congregations: 32
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
United Methodist Church
Catholic Church
Churches of Christ
LDS (Mormon) Church
Adherents
4,209 (54.9%)
1,180 (15.4%)
635 (8.3%)
590 (7.7%)
324 (4.2%)
Congregations
9 (28.1%)
5 (15.6%)
2 (6.3%)
7 (21.9%)
1 (3.1%)
Name
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Church
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Episcopal Church
Other
Adherents
240 (3.1%)
145 (1.9%)
140 (1.8%)
106 (1.4%)
96 (1.3%)
Congregations
2 (6.3%)
1 (3.1%)
1 (3.1%)
1 (3.1%)
3 (9.4%)
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Average size of farms: 771 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $16,965 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $68.31 The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 95.20% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $18,465 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.55% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 7.95% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $19,570 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.99% Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.32 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.03% Land in orchards: 373 acres
Tornado activity:
Llano County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 2.0 times below overall U.S. average.
Most recent natural disasters:
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 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 Extreme Fire Hazards, Incident Period: August 1, 1999 to December 10, 1999, Emergency Declared (EM-3142): September 1, 1999, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3142, Natural disaster type: Fire
Texas Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: June 21, 1997 to July 15, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1179): July 7, 1997, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1179, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
Texas Extreme Fire Hazard, Incident Period: August 30, 1993 to November 15, 1993, Emergency Declared (EM-3113): September 10, 1993, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3113, Natural disaster type: Fire
Texas Severe Storm, Thunderstorms, Incident Period: December 20, 1991 to January 14, 1992, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-930): December 26, 1991, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-930, Natural disaster type: Storm
The number of natural disasters in Llano County (9) is smaller than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4 Emergencies Declared: 5
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Construction laborers (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (68%)
Germany (6%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Sweden (4%)
Ireland (3%)
France (2%)
Other Western Europe (2%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Llano County (%):
German (20%)
United States or American (19%)
English (14%)
Irish (12%)
Scotch-Irish (4%)
Scottish (3%)
French (except Basque) (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 4,959 (77%)
Carpooled: 934 (14%)
Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
Walked: 153 (2%)
Other means: 58 (1%)
Worked at home: 341 (5%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
People in group quarters in Llano County, Texas in 2000:
216 people in nursing homes
17 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
178 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
6 people in group homes intended for adults
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $46,648.
11.05% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,844 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
11.05%
Texas average:
8.37%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
9.11% relocated from other counties in Texas ($35,795 average AGI)
1.94% relocated from other states ($11,047 average AGI)
Llano County:
1.94%
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:
9.39% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,224 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
9.39%
Texas average:
7.44%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.08% relocated to other counties in Texas ($31,509 average AGI)
1.31% relocated to other states ($14,716 average AGI)
Llano County:
1.31%
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: 8.3 Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.5
Births per 1000 population in Llano County
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.9 Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.2
Deaths per 1000 population in Llano County
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5 Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Llano County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,767 (4,375 aged, 392 disabled) Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 5.51 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 9640.080 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 165.350 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 42220.14
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 899.320 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1288.660 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 16.45
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 29.67 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 71.29
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16.45
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 201.9. This is more than state average.
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,117
In family households: 15,376 (4,497 male householders, 1,258 female householders)
4,837 spouses, 3,555 children (3,172 natural, 123 adopted, 260 stepchildren), 378 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 116 parents, 159 other relatives, 374 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,741 (1,467 male householders (1,234 living alone)), 1,786 female householders (1,600 living alone)), 488 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 184 (178 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,766 2-persons, 921 3-persons, 583 4-persons, 288 5-persons, 125 6-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons.
93.3% of residents of Llano County speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $115,678,000 ($6376 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $7,382,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $75,049,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $28,231,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $167,000 Federal grants: $9,275,000 Federal procurement contracts: $566,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $2,389,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $67,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,585,000 Federal Government insurance: $185,478,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 776
Here:
43 per 1000 residents
State:
85 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 1,315
Here:
72 per 1000 residents
State:
35 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +41
Here:
+2 per 1000 residents
State:
+29 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +1,719
Here:
+94 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Llano County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.06 millions of gallons per day (5% from ground, 95% from surface)
54% of Llano County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Texas.
Llano County:
54.2%
State average:
51.6%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 11562
Northeast: 530
Midwest: 1666
South: 1767
West: 1062
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $109,400
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Most commonly used house heating fuel in Llano County
55.0 years
33.0 years
(42.9%)
(57.1%)
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