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Travis County, Texas
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Location in the state of Texas
Texas's location in the USA
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Founded	1840
Seat	Austin
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	1,022 sq mi (2,647 km²) 989 sq mi (2,561 km²) 33 sq mi (85 km²), 3.21%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	812,280 821/sq mi (317/km²)

Travis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. In 2000, the population was 812,280. Its county seat is Austin,⁶ the capital of Texas. The county is named in honor of William Barret Travis, the commander of the Republic of Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Major Highways 1.2 Adjacent counties 2 Demographics 3 Cities and towns 4 External links

Travis County is in Central Texas, about 75 miles northeast of San Antonio and 150 miles west of Houston. The Colorado River flows through Travis County, and three of the Texas Highland Lakes (Lake Travis, Lake Austin and Lady Bird Lake) are located there.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,647 km² (1,022 sq mi). 2,562 km² (989 sq mi) is land and 85 km² (33 sq mi) (3.21%) is water.

• Interstate 35
• U.S. Highway 183
• U.S. Highway 290
• State Highway 71 (Texas)

• Williamson County (north)
• Bastrop County (east)
• Caldwell County (south)
• Hays County (southwest)
• Blanco County (west)
• Burnet County (northwest)

As of the census² of 2000, there were 812,280 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 317/km² (821/sq mi). There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 131/km² (340/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 68.21% White, 9.26% Black or African American, 0.58% Native American, 4.47% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 14.56% other races, and 2.85% from two or more races. 28.20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. English the sole language spoken at home by 71.42% of the population age 5 or over, while 22.35% speaks Spanish, and a Chinese language (including Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Cantonese) is spoken by 1.05% [1].

The 2005 American Community Survey conducted by the census indicated that 25.1% of Travis County's population spoke Spanish in the home.

In 2000 there were 320,766 households, of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.60% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.70% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were composed of individuals and 4.40% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15.

The population's age distribution was 23.80% under the age of 18, 14.70% from 18 to 24, 36.50% from 25 to 44, 18.20% from 45 to 64, and 6.70% age 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 104.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.50 males.

The median income per household in the county was $46,761, and the median income per family was $58,555. Males had a median income of $37,242 versus $30,452 for females. The per capita income in the county was $25,883. About 7.70% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.90% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.

Austin Barton Creek Bee Cave Briarcliff Creedmoor

Garfield Hudson Bend Jollyville Jonestown Lago Vista Lakeway Lost Creek Manchaca*

Manor Onion Creek Pflugerville Point Venture Rollingwood San Leanna Shady Hollow

Sunset Valley The Hills Volente Webberville Wells Branch West Lake Hills Windemere

(a portion of southern Round Rock also extends into northern Travis county)
(a portion of Elgin extends into Travis County)
*unincorporated community

• Travis County Information Center
• TravisCounty.org Free Web Mail
• Travis County Government website
• Travis County from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Travis County Law Library
• Travis County, Texas at the Open Directory Project

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Travis County, Texas
County seat: Austin
Incorporated places	Austin‡ • Bee Cave • Briarcliff • Cedar Park • Creedmoor • Elgin‡ • Lago Vista • Lakeway • Manor • Mustang Ridge‡ • Pflugerville • Point Venture • Rollingwood • Round Rock‡ • San Leanna • Sunset Valley • The Hills • Volente • Webberville • West Lake Hills
CDPs and other unincorporated areas	Anderson Mill • Barton Creek • Del Valle • Garfield • Hudson Bend • Jollyville‡ • Lost Creek • Manchaca • Onion Creek • Shady Hollow • Wells Branch • Windemere
Footnotes	‡This city also has portions in adjacent county or counties

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Coordinates: 30°20′N 97°47′W / 30.33, -97.78