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Grow. Season (days)..... 265 Vehicles ................... 29,870
Total Income (mil.) .....$622 Lane Miles ................... 757
Per Capita Income...$11,375 Tax Value...... $1,153,794,682
Total Wages......$335,086,129 Fed. Spending.........$97,463
Housing.................. 18,311 Defense Spending .... $6,869
Vital Statistics, 1989: Births, 570; Deaths, 322; Mar-
riages, 473; Divorces, 262.
Ethnicity, 1990: White, 34,946 (68.6%); Black, 12,334
(24.2%); American Indian, 187 (0.4%); Asian, 323 (0.6%);
Hispanic, 5,493 (10.8%); Other, 3,127 (6.1%).
Recreation: Fishing, hunting; Lake Conroe and Liv-
ingston Lake activities; Sam Houston Museum, homes,
grave; prison museum, other historic sites; Huntsville
State Park; Sam Houston National Forest; county fair in
April.
Minerals: Clays, natural gas, oil, sand and gravel,
stone.
Agriculture: Most income from cattle, horses; crops
include hay, cotton, grain sorghums; minor irrigation;
timber sales substantial.
Business: Economy based on state employment in
prison system, education, agribusiness, lumbering, tour-
ism.
HUNTSVILLE (27,925) county seat; Texas Depart-
ment of Criminal Justice headquarters; Sam Houston
State University, museum; varied manufacturing; oil,
gas, lignite exploration; hospital. Other towns, New Wa-
verly (936), Riverside (451).
Waller County
LOCATION: Southeast (M-18).
Cong. Dist ...................... 14 U.S. Jud. Dist ............ S-Hn.
St. Sen. Dist ............ 5 Ct. Appeals................. 1, 14
St. Rep. Dist ..................13 Admin. Jud. Dist .......... 2
St. Dist. Cts.............. 19, 155
History: Named for Edwin Waller, Republic of Texas
leader; county created, organized 1873 from Austin,
Grimes counties.
Physical Features: Rolling prairie; drains to Brazos
and San Jacinto rivers; alluvial soils; almost 20 percent
forested.
Population................ 23,390 Av. Weekly Wage .... $340.36
Area (sq. m i.).............518.4 Density ........................46
Land Area ..................513.6 Water Area ................... 4.8
Civilian Labor ............9,985 Jobless Rate ................ 5.0
Altitude (ft.)............249-110 Retail Sales......$260,080,298
Rainfall (in.) ............... 38.2 Gross Sales.......$368,087,886
Jan. min ........................38 Reg. Voters .............. 12,976
July max ......................95 Election Turnout......... 48.8
Grow. Season (days)..... 283 Vehicles ................. 26,248
Total Income (mil.) .....$306 Lane Miles ................... 535
Per Capita Income...$13,051 Tax Value...... $1,406,163,017
Total Wages......$125,112,148 Fed. Spending......... $62,069
Housing ....................8,764 Defense Spending .... $1,511
Vital Statistics, 1989: Births, 327; Deaths, 163; Mar-
riages, 199; Divorces, 96.Ethnicity, 1990: White, 12,987 (55.5%); Black, 8,796
(37.6%); American Indian, 28 (0.1%); Asian, 69 (0.3%);
Hispanic, 2,592 (11.1%); Other, 1,510 (6.5%).
Recreation: Fishing, hunting; historic sites; historical
museum, county fair in July, FFA shows in April and
May.
Minerals: Oil, natural gas, sand and gravel.
Agriculture: Major income from beef cattle, hogs,
goats; crops include rice, hay, corn; 10,000 acres irri-
gated for rice; some timber marketed.
Business: Economy based on oil, agribusiness, prox-
imity to Houston, manufacturing; county part of Houston
PMSA.
HEMPSTEAD (3,551) county seat; agribusiness cen-
ter; varied manufacturing; hospital, clinic, nursing
home; watermelon fest in July. Other towns, Brookshire
(2,922), Katy (843 in Waller County, part in Harris, Fort
Bend counties), Pattison (327), Prairie View (4,004), home
of Prairie View A&M University; Pine Island (571), Waller
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Ward County
LOCATION: Far west (J-6).
Cong. Dist ...................... 16 U.S. Jud. Dist........... W-Pe.
St. Sen. Dist ....................25 Ct. Appeals...................... 8
St. Rep. Dist ...................69 Admin. Jud. Dist............. 7
St. Dist. Cts ................... 143
History: Named for Republic of Texas leader Thom-
as W. Ward; county created from Tom Green 1887; orga-
nized 1892.
Physical Features: Plain, sloping to Pecos River;
sandy, loam soils.Population................ 13,115
Area (sq. mi.).............835.7
Land Area ..................835.5
Civilian Labor ............5,776
Altitude (ft.) .......2,799-2,467
Rainfall (in.) ............... 12.3
Jan. m in .......................29
July max ......................96
Grow. Season (days)..... 223
Total Income (mil.) .....$181
Per Capita Income...$13,684
Total Wages....... $88,917,593
Housing ......................5,361Av. Weekly Wage ....$414.13
Density ........................ 16
Water Area ................. 0.2
Jobless Rate ................ 5.3
Retail Sales....... $63,320,740
Gross Sales....... $135,621,382
Reg. Voters ................ 6,507
Election Turnout......... 57.7
Vehicles ................. 12,387
Lane Miles ............... 670
Tax Value...... $1,033,576,320
Fed. Spending......... $26,147
Defense Spending .......$338Vital Statistics, 1989: Births, 227; Deaths, 116; Mar-
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