Sierra Blanca is an unincorporated community and statistically distinct area in the United States , located in western Texas , the administrative center of Hudspeth County . According to the 2010 census, the number of residents was 553 people [2] , according to the US Census Bureau in 2016, 557 people lived in the city [3] .
| Unincorporated Community | |
| Sierra blanca | |
|---|---|
| English Sierra blanca | |
 | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Texas |
| County | Hudspeth |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 12.4 km² |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC − 7 , summer UTC − 6 |
| Population | |
| Population | 553 people ( 2010 ) |
| Density | 44.6 people / km² |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 915 |
| Postcode | |
| FIPS | 48-67772 [1] |
| GNIS | |
Content
History
The settlement was based on the merger of two railways. The Southern Pacific was built from 1869 off the west coast, while the Texas and Pacific Railway was laid west from central Texas since 1872. By November 25, 1881, the constructed sections of railways ended 15 kilometers from each other. On December 15, an agreement was reached that railways would be merged 10 kilometers southeast of Mount Sierra Blanca. The historic venue quickly became an important commercial center, allowing local pastoralists and miners to ship their products. In 1882, the post office was opened, but it was closed in the same year and reopened only after 3 years. By 1892, two hotels and a shop were operating [4] .
In 1921, the Texas legislature passed a law according to which half of the city, as well as the rest of Hadspet County and El Paso County, switched to mountain time , while the second half of the city lived according to Central American time . In the mid-1950s, there was a situation where the post office and the railway worked according to Central American time, and the schools and the district court worked on the mountain. Also, along the mountain time, to stay open longer, the bars of the city worked. In the early 1990s, the Oklahoma revenue management company acquired more than 90,000 acres of land near Sierra Blanca. Since 1992, an average of 225 tons of treated wastewater has been discharged from New York . In 1992, state authorities selected a site near Sierra Blanca for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste. The decision caused discontent among local residents, who created initiative groups to combat burial projects in the mid-1990s [4] .
Geography
Sierra Blanca is located in the southern part of the county, with coordinates: [5] .
According to the US Census Bureau , the area of the city is about 12.4 km 2 , of which 12.3 km 2 is occupied by land, and less than 0.1 km 2 is the water surface [5] .
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification , the climate of cold deserts (Bwk) prevails in Sierra Blanca [6] .
| Climate Sierra Blanca | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Absolute maximum, ° C | 25 | 31.7 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 38.9 | 42.8 | 42,2 | 38.9 | 37,2 | 34,4 | 31.7 | 31.1 | 42.8 |
| Average maximum, ° C | 14,4 | 17,2 | 21,2 | 25.9 | 30,2 | 34 | 33.5 | 32,2 | 29.6 | 25,2 | 19.6 | 15.1 | 24.8 |
| Average temperature, ° C | 5.8 | eight | 11.6 | sixteen | 20.8 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 24.4 | 21,4 | 16,2 | 10,4 | 6.5 | sixteen |
| Average minimum ° C | −2.8 | −1.1 | 2 | 6.2 | 11.3 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 13,4 | 7.1 | 1.3 | −2.2 | 7.1 |
| Absolute minimum, ° C | −17.8 | −23.3 | −14.4 | −7.2 | −3.3 | 4.4 | ten | 9,4 | 1.7 | −7.2 | −13.9 | −17.2 | −23.3 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | ten | 9 | 7 | 7 | ten | 29th | 50 | 55 | 54 | 29th | eleven | 15 | 286 |
| Source: weatherbase.com [7] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Population census | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | Us. | % ± | |
| 1920 | 600 | ||
| 1930 | 500 | -16.7% | |
| 1940 | 723 | 44.6% | |
| 1950 | 850 | 17.6% | |
| 1960 | 850 | 0% | |
| 1970 | 600 | -29.4% | |
| 1980 | 700 | 16.7% | |
| 1990 | 700 | 0% | |
| 2000 | 5331 | 661.6% | |
| 2010 | 553 | -89.6% | |
| Current 2016 | 557 | 0.7% | |
| 1920-2016 [8] [2] [3] | |||
According to the 2010 census, 553 people lived in the city, there were 172 households and 113 families. The racial makeup of the city: 83.9% are white , 3.3% are African Americans , 3.4% are Native Americans, 1.4% are Asians , 0.0% (0 people) are residents of Hawaii or Oceania, 5, 6% are other races, 2.4% are two or more races. The number of Hispanic residents of any race was 73.1% [2] .
Out of 172 households, children under 18 live in 37.8%. 46.5% of households were married couples (22.1% with children under 18 years of age), women lived without husbands in 16.3% of households, men lived without wives in 2.9% of households, 34.3% of households were not families. In 30.2% of households, only one person lived, 9.3% were single elderly people (over 65). The average household size was 2.72. The average family size is 3.49 people [2] .
The population of the city by age range was as follows: 29.5% - residents under 20 years old, 27.1% are between the ages of 20 and 39, 30.5% are between 40 and 64, 12.8% are 65 and older . The average age is 34.1 years [2] .
According to a five-year survey from 2012 to 2016, the average household income in Sierra Blanca is $ 41,875 per year, and the average household income is $ 46,607. The per capita income for the city is $ 18,909. About 27.8% of families and 29.2% of the population are below the poverty line. Including 36.5% under the age of 18 years and 19.2% at the age of 65 and older [9] .
Infrastructure and transport
The main motorways passing through the Sierra Blanca are:
- Interstate I-10 USA, which runs from the southeast of Van Horn to the northwest to El Paso .
The closest commercial . The airport is approximately 135 kilometers northwest of the Sierra Blanca.
In Sierra Blanca, the I-10 motorway has an internal U.S. border checkpoint. Every year, the checkpoint sends thousands of cases related to the possession and distribution of drugs to the court, checking from 15 to 20,000 cars per day. Among the detainees at the time, frontier guards included singers Fiona Apple , Nelly , Snoop Dogg , Willy Nelson and actor Armie Hammer [10] [11] .
Education
The city is served by the Sierra Blanca Independent School District.
Notes
- ↑ 2017 Texas State Places Gazetteer (TXT). Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Census 2010: General Population and Housing Characteristics, Sierra Blanca CDP, TX . US Census Bureau. Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 American Community Survey Demographic and Housing Estimates (Sierra Blanca CDP, TX ) . US Census Bureau. Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Martin Donell Kohout. Sierra Blanca, TX (English) (HTML). Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association. Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sierra Blanca CDP, Texas . American Factfinder . US Census Bureau. Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ Sierra Blanca, Texas. Climate Summary weatherbase.com Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ Sierra Blanca, Texas. Weather Averages Summary weatherbase.com Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ Texas Almanac: City Population History from 1850–2000 (English) (PDF). Texas Almanac. Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Sierra Blanca CDP, TX . US Census Bureau. Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple arrested by West Texas Border Patrol for possession of hashish ( September 20, 2012). Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
- ↑ Rapper Nelly: Cops Raid Tour Bus, Heroin Seized (English) , TMZ (October 12, 2012). Date of treatment February 5, 2018.
Links
- Information about the city of Sierra Blanca (English) (HTML). Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association.
- Information on the city of Sierra Blanca on texasescapes.com .
- Sierra Blanca Independent School District .