Gonzales County, Texas

Gonzales County
County
Map
Map of Texas highlighting Gonzales County
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Map of the United States highlighting Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 29°27′N 97°29′W / 29.45°N 97.49°W / 29.45; -97.49
Country United States
State Texas
Founded1837
Named forCity of Gonzales
SeatGonzales
Largest cityGonzales
Area
 • Total1,070 sq mi (2,800 km2)
 • Land1,067 sq mi (2,760 km2)
 • Water3.2 sq mi (8 km2)  0.3%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total19,653
 • Density18/sq mi (7.1/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district27th
Websitewww.co.gonzales.tx.us
The Gonzales County Courthouse. The Second Empire style building was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Gonzales County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, adjacent to Greater Austin-San Antonio. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,653.[1] The county is named for its county seat, the city of Gonzales.[2] The county was created in 1836 and organized the following year.[3][4] As of August 2020, under strict budgetary limitations, the County of Gonzales government-body is unique in that it claims to have no commercial paper, regarding it as "the absence of any county debt."[5]

According to the census, all areas county-wide had $188,099,000 in total annual payroll (2016), $550,118,900 (±39,442,212; 2018) in aggregate annual income, and $238,574,000 in total annual retail sales (2012). In 2018, the census valued all real estate in the county at an aggregate $795,242,300 (±74,643,103); with an aggregate $29,058,000 of real estate being listed for sale and $173,100 listed for rent. In the same year, approximately, the top 5% of households made an average of $361,318; the top 20% averaged at $188,699; the fourth quintile at $79,601; the third quintile (median income) at $53,317; the second quintile at $31,238; and the lowest at $13,339.[6] The Texas Almanac rated all categories of land in the county at an aggregate value of $5.6-billion.[7]

  1. ^ "Gonzales County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Dorcas Huff Baumgartner; Genevieve B. Vollentine (June 15, 2010). "Gonzales County". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Gonzales County". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Sjoberg, Brooke. "Pay a concern at meeting". The Gonzales Inquirer. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Gonzales County, Texas". Census Data. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Gonzales County". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved November 9, 2020.