Krum (Texas)

Denton County

48-39928

Krum is a city in Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in northeast Texas, 12 miles north- west of Denton, at the Fram Road 1173, is 67 km to the north from the border with Oklahoma and has a total area of 5.1 km ² without significant water surface.

History

About 1885 moved the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway train tracks built through the area and established a small settlement, which they named after AR Krum, one of its shareholders.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 1,979 people in 681 households and 561 families. The population density was 389.8 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 93.43 % White, 0.25 % African American, 0.40 % Native American, 0.51 % Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander residents from the and 2.63 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.73% were Mixed Race and 4.95 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 681 households 46.3 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 70.3 % were married couples living together. 9.8% were single mothers and 17.5 % were non-families. 14.4 % of all households were single-person households and 5.1 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.19 persons to.

30.2% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 % from 18 to 24, 35.1% 25-44, 19.9% ​​from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 89.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 52,778, and the median income for a family $ 57,650. Males have a median income of $ 40,278 versus $ 28,527 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,642. 2.1% of the population and 1.6% of families are below the poverty line. Of which 0.7 % have children under the age of 18 and 6.0 % of those 65 or older.