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Williamson County
WilasnCutLOCATION: Central (L-16).
Cong. Dist ............. 11, 14 U.S. Jud. Dist ..........W-An.
St. Sen. Dist ................ 5, 18 Ct. Appeals...................... 3
St. Rep. Dist ...........52 Admin. Jud. Dist ............ 3
St. Dist. Cts........... 26, 277
History: Named for Robert M. Williamson, pioneer
leader; county created from Milam, organized 1848.
Physical Features: Level to rolling; mostly Blackland
soil, some loam, sand; drained by San Gabriel, tribu-
taries.
Population ...............139,551 Av. Weekly Wage ....$333.12
Area (sq. mi.).......... 1,136.4 Density ........................ 123
Land Area ............... 1,124.3 Water Area ............... 12.1
Civilian Labor .......... 69,197 Jobless Rate ...............4.1
Altitude (ft.) ......... 1,265-454 Retail Sales ...... $697,879,688
Rainfall (in.) ............... 34.2 Gross Sales.... $1,404,976,045
Jan. min .......................35 Reg. Voters ............ 61,001
July max ........................97 Election Turnout......... 62.1
Grow. Season (days)..... 258 Vehicles .................. 114,288
Total Income (mil.) .. $1,899 Lane Miles ................ 1,372
Per Capita Income...$13,961 Tax Value...... $5,920,753,018
Total Wages......$490,283,624 Fed. Spending....... $235,381
Housing.................. 54,398 Defense Spending ... $21,448
Vital Statistics, 1989: Births, 2,388; Deaths, 749; Mar-
riages, 1,085; Divorces, 682.Ethnicity, 1990: White, 121,914 (87.4%); Black, 6,861
(4.9%); American Indian, 508 (0.4%); Asian, 1,846 (1.3%);
Hispanic, 20,004 (14.3%); Other, 8,422 (6.0%).
Recreation: San Gabriel Park; water recreation on
lakes; Inner Space Cavern; historic sites; hunting; Dan
Moody Museum at Taylor; rattlesnake sacking in March,
barbecue cookoff in August, frontier days in July.
Minerals: Building stone, oil, sand and gravel.
Agriculture: Grain sorghum, cotton, wheat, corn,
oats raised; cow-calf operations, stocker cattle impor-
tant.
Business: Agribusinesses, varied manufacturing, ed-
ucation are main economic factors; part of Austin MSA.
GEORGETOWN (14,842) county seat; agribusiness
center; manufacturing; hospital, nursing homes; South-
western University; Inner Space Cavern.
Taylor (11,472), agribusiness, publishing center; var-
ied manufacturing; cottonseed, meat processing; hospi-
tal, nursing homes; Temple Junior College extension.
Round Rock (30,923 in Williamson County, partly in
Travis County), varied manufacturing; hospital, nursing
homes; Texas Baptist Children's Home. Other towns are316
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