Bryan

Bryan is a city and the county seat of Brazos County, Texas, United States. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley (East and Central Texas) As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 83,980. Bryan borders the city of College Station, which lies to its south. Together they are referred to as the BryanCollege Station metropolitan area, which has more than 250,069 residents. The city is home to the Texas A&M Health Science Center, which opened in 2006. In 2013 the Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan closed as a result of state budget cuts which impacted family-planning facilities. In June, 27-year-old suspect Larry Bollin was indicted by a grand jury on charges of murder and aggravated assault in a shooting at a local cabinet-making company. The shooting killed one person and injured five others; Bollin fled the scene but was later taken into police custody and taken into custody in the process of being charged with murder. In 2010 the District Attorney's Office started the enforcement of a "Gang Safety Zone" in response to an escalation in violence within Bryan. The injunction declared a 3.2-mile (5.1 km) area in Bryan as the Gang Safety Zone. This placed about half of downtown in the area. In 1936 State Highway 6 was built, running right through town. During the 1930s the town of North Oakwood merged with Bryan. Now Bryan and College Station are "twin" cities. The Bryan River flows past approximately nine miles to the southwest.

History

Bryan is the primary city name, but also Mumford are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is Bryan, Texas. Bryan is a city in Brazos County, Texas. The city was founded in 1871. It was named after Stephen F. Austin's son, William Joel Bryan. Texas A&M College opened in 1876 in what later would be known as College Station. A bell, made in 1905 and rung in 1918 to signal the end of World War I, is still located out front of the Carnegie Library of Bryan. In 2009 a chemical fire at the El Dorado Chemical Co. caused the evacuation of 70,000 residents due to the burning of ammonium nitrate, possibly causing minor respiratory problems. In 2010 the District Attorney's Office started the enforcement of a "Gang Safety Zone" in response to an escalation in violence within Bryan. The Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan closed as a result of state budget cuts which impacted family-planning facilities. The facility began offering abortions in 1998; it was one of three in the state which ceased operations on August 31, 2013. In June, 27-year-old suspect Larry Bollin was indicted by a grand jury on charges of murder and aggravated assault. On April 8, 2021, a workplace shooting occurred in Bryan. An employee of Kent Moore Cabinets, a local cabinet-making company, killed one person and injured five others, four of them critically. He then fled but was later taken into police custody, shooting and injuring a state trooper in the process. By 1923 the line was abandoned. Now Bryan and College Station are "twin" cities.

Geography

Bryan is located northwest of the center of Brazos County. It is bordered to the southeast by the city of College Station and to the northwest by the unincorporated community of Lake Bryan. The local climate is subtropical and temperate and winters are mild with periods of low temperatures usually lasting less than two months. Snow and ice are extremely rare. Summers are warm and hot with occasional showers being the only real variation in weather. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 44.5 square miles (115.3 km²) of which 44.4 square miles is land and 0.077 sq miles (0.2 km²), or 0.20%, is water. The Brazos River flows past approximately nine miles to the southwest of the city. The city is located on the Texas College Station railroad line, which was built in the early 20th century. The Bryan Census Bureau estimates the city's population to be 6,000, with the majority of the population living in the central part of the town. The town has a population of 2,200, with most of its residents living in and around the central and southern parts of the county. It has an estimated population of 3,000; most of the residents live in the southeastern part of town, which is located near the Brazos River and the Lake Bryan area of the county.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 83,980 people, 30,647 households, and 18,659 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 64.65% White, 17% African American, 0.40% Native American, 1.65%. The city's median income was $31,672, and the median income for a family was $41,433. About 15.5% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.0% of those under age 18 and 11.7% ofThose age 65 or over. The city has a population of 65,660, with 25,703 housing units, and a population density of 1,515.2 people per square mile (584.9/km²) The city is located on the U.S. Turnpike, which runs through the city's downtown area. It is the only major city in the state that does not have a major international airport. It has one of the lowest homicide rates in the United States, with 99.2 per cent of those who die in the line of duty dying in the first year of their lives. It also has the lowest murder rate in the country, with 95.7 per cent in the second year of death. It was the site of the World War II Battle of the Bulge, which took place in World War I. The town's name is derived from the word "bulge" or "bullet" which means "to blow up" or to destroy.

Economy

The U.S. economy continues to grow at a strong pace. The economy is expected to grow by 0.7 percent this year. The U.N. stimulus package is set to boost the economy by $1.5 trillion. The stimulus package will be paid for by a combination of tax cuts and spending increases. The plan is to increase government spending on infrastructure and infrastructure projects. It is also expected to boost economic growth by 1.5 percent. The program will be funded by a mix of public and private sector spending. It will be the largest stimulus package in history, followed by a stimulus package of $2.5 billion. The government will also increase spending on education, infrastructure, and other programs. The package will also be funded through a mix. of public-private partnerships. The total amount of public spending will be $3.7 billion, up from $2 billion in the past two years. This is the largest injection of public money into the economy in the history of the United States. In the past decade, the government has spent $3 billion on infrastructure projects, including $1 billion on education and $1billion on health care. The project will be expanded to $4 billion by 2015. The goal is to create a $5 billion fund to help the unemployed. The fund will be used to help people get back on their feet in a variety of ways, including through job creation and retraining. It could also be used for other areas of the economy.

Parks and recreation

Sports complexes and recreation centers include: Kyle Field, Merrill Green Stadium, Reed Arena, Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park, American Momentum Bank Ballpark, G. Rollie White Coliseum, Anderson Track and Field Complex, Aggie Soccer Complex, Bryan Regional Athletic Complex. Aggie Softball Complex, George P. Mitchell Tennis Center, Spirit Ice Arena, The City Course at Phillips Event Center, and Bryan Aquatic Center. The University of Texas at Austin is home to more than 1,000 sports teams and more than 30,000 athletes. The university is also home to a number of other sports teams, including the Texas Rangers, Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies, and Texas Tech Red Raiders. It is also the home of the Texas Tech women's basketball team, which won the NCAA championship in 2008. The Texas Tech men's basketball program won the national championship in 2010. The Aggie women's team won the National Championship in 2008, and the 2010 NCAA Division II Championship in the women's division in the 2010-11 season. It was the first time the university had won back-to-back national titles in the men's and women's hoops categories. The school's women's soccer team won two national titles, in 2010 and 2011. The women's volleyball team won its first national title in the 2011-12 season. The team's first national championship came in the 2012-13 season. In the 2013-14 season, the Aggie men's team claimed the title of National Champions in the Women's Division.

Government

Hamilton opened as an adult prison facility. It was renovated for juveniles and, in mid-1997, re-opened as the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) J.W. Hamilton Jr. State School. On June 15, 2003, the facility was transferred back to the TDCJ. The U.S. Postal Service operates the Bryan and Downtown Bryan post offices. The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, a women's prison located in Bryan. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Hamilton Unit, a pre-release facility in Bryan, and the Bryan District Parole Office in nearby College Station. It also operates the Bryan and College Station post offices, as well as a number of other facilities in the area, including a juvenile facility and a state prison. It is the largest state prison facility in Texas, with more than 1,000 inmates. The facility is located in the Bryan suburb of Bryan, Texas. It opened in the 1970s as the Hamilton Pre-release Facility. It has since been renovated and re-named Hamilton Unit. The Hamilton Unit is one of the largest prisons in the state, with over 1,200 inmates. It closed in the 1990s and was replaced by a new facility, Hamilton Unit 2, which has more than 500 inmates and is open to the public. The prison was built in the 1980s and is located on the former site of a former high school, the Bryan High School.

Education

The Bryan Independent School District is home to a number of private and public schools. The district also has a large number of independent schools and colleges. The school district also includes a private boarding school and a private day school for K-12 students. The public school district is also home to the Bryan High School for Girls and the Bryan Middle School for Boys. The Bryan Independent High School District also includes the Still Creek Ranch Private K- 12 Boarding and Day School. The private school district has a total of 12 schools for students aged 6-12. The schools are located in Bryan, Texas, and the school district covers the city of Bryan and its surrounding areas. They include: Bryan High, Bryan Middle, Bryan High and Bryan High for Boys and Bryan Middle for Girls, as well as the Bryan Christian School for boys and Bryan Christian High for girls. They are also located in the Bryan Independent District for Boys, which covers Bryan and the surrounding area. The independent district also covers the Bryan County School District for girls and boys, which includes the Bryan City School for girls, Bryan Christian for boys, and Bryan City for boys. It is also the home of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, which has a campus in Bryan. It also has its own private school for high school students, the Bryan College of Pharmacy, which offers classes for grades 9-12 in the morning and 12-13 in the afternoon. It was founded in the 1970s and has since expanded into a private school, Bryan College.

Infrastructure

Bryan is served commercially by Easterwood Airport, a regional airport operated by Texas A&M University in College Station. The Brazos Transit District began offering bus service in the Bryan-College Station in 1974. The city of Bryan owns and operates Coulter Field and provides fixed-base operator services, hangar space, and runways for private flights. St. Joseph Regional Health Center (310 Bed/Level II Trauma Center) and Scott & White Hospital (143 Bed/level III Trauma center) are the city's two major health care facilities. Bryan is served by the U.S. Highway 190, State Highway 6, and State Highway 21. It is also home to the University of Texas at Bryan, Blinn College, and the Texas Institute of Technology, which is located in the neighboring city of College Station, Texas. It also has the Texas State Fair, Texas, which was founded in 1883. It was the first state fair in the United States, and is the largest in the world, with more than 2,000 visitors a year. It has a population of more than 100,000, making it one of the largest state fairs in the country. The state fair runs through the end of October each year and is open to the public on weekends and holidays. It offers a variety of free rides for the general public, as well as paratransit services for disabled riders and an on-demand shared ride service for the university's students. The town has a number of major roads, including State Highway 190 and Highway 6.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas = 83. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 100. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 98. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Bryan = 5.5 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 83,980 individuals with a median age of 28.4 age the population grows by 9.26% in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,592.87 residents per square mile of area (615.01/km²). There are average 2.66 people per household in the 26,001 households with an average household income of $38,886 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 5.90% of the available work force and has dropped -4.68% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 24.74%. The number of physicians in Bryan per 100,000 population = 214.8.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Bryan = 39.9 inches and the annual snowfall = 0.3 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 86. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 215. 95 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 39.7 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 22, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas which are owned by the occupant = 45.94%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 28 years with median home cost = $116,320 and home appreciation of -0.49%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $18.34 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,371 per student. There are 15 students for each teacher in the school, 646 students for each Librarian and 483 students for each Counselor. 3.92% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 15.15% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 11.38% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).