Robertson County, Texas

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Robertson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,757.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its county seat is Franklin.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created in 1837 and organized the following year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is named for Sterling C. Robertson,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> an early settler who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Robertson County is in east-central Texas and is part of the College Station-Bryan, TX metropolitan statistical area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert (1.1%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Major highways

Additionally, State Highway OSR forms Robertson County's southeastern border, but does not fully enter the county.

Adjacent counties

Limestone County (north)
Leon County (northeast)
Brazos County (southeast)
Burleson County (south)
Milam County (southwest)
Falls County (northwest)

Demographics

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**Robertson County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition**
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	9,580	9,821	9,505	59.88%	59.08%	56.72%
Black or African American alone (NH)	3,830	3,509	3,095	23.94%	21.11%	18.47%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	43	47	29	0.27%	0.28%	0.17%
Asian alone (NH)	26	96	104	0.16%	0.58%	0.62%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	4	0	21	0.03%	0.00%	0.13%
Other Race alone (NH)	8	9	37	0.05%	0.05%	0.22%
Mixed Race or Multiracial (NH)	150	150	438	0.94%	0.90%	2.61%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	2,359	2,990	3,528	14.74%	17.99%	21.05%
Total	16,000	16,622	16,757	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

As of the census<ref name="GR8">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, 16,000 people, 6,179 households, and 4,356 families were residing in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. The 7,874 housing units averaged Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 66.20% White, 24.19% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 7.22% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races. About 14.74% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

Of the 6,179 households, 32.00% had children under 18 living with them, 51.10% were married couples living together, 15.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were not families. About 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.50% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55, and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county, the age distribution was 28.20% under 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 24.20% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,886, and for a family was $35,590. Males had a median income of $30,795 versus $21,529 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,714. About 17.30% of families and 20.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.70% of those under age 18 and 21.60% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Politics

Robertson County was a longtime Democratic stronghold, as were many rural Southern counties during the Jim Crow and immediate post-Jim Crow eras (It had only voted for a Republican in the national Republican landslide of 1972, and even then, only by a single vote). In 2000, the last time the county went to a Democrat (Al Gore), it was one of only three majority-white rural counties in Texas (with Newton and Morris) to vote for Bill Clinton's former vice president. None of the three have gone to a Democrat since.