Athens (Texas)

Henderson County

48-04504

Athens is a city in Henderson County in the U.S. state of Texas, United States and the county seat ( county seat ).

Geography

The city is located north-east of the geographic center of Texas, each about 120 miles from Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma away as 110km southeast of Dallas located. It has an area of ​​44 km ², of which 6.1 km ² water surface are.

Culture

Athens maintains a library with 52,500 books, 1550 audio and 840 video documents. There is a college, 3 public and 5 private high schools and six elementary and middle schools. More colleges and universities are in the radius of 50 km.

Religion

In Athens there are 61 different churches from 18 different denominations. Among the belonging to a denomination churches the Baptist church is strongest with 31 churches. Furthermore, there are 10 to no denomination belonging churches ( as of 2004).

Demography

The average income for a household in the city is $ 29,372, the median income for a family at $ 35,359. Males have a median income of $ 27,388 compared to women with an average of $ 19,375. The per capita income is $ 16,561. 18.3 % of the population and 14.7 % of families are below the poverty line. 26.4 % of the population is under 18 years old and 100 females aged 18 and over, there are 83.3 men statistically. The average age is 35 years. (As of 2000).

Crime

The crime rate has an index of 288.1 points. (Compare U.S. national average: 330.6 points) (higher scores mean higher crime ) 2002, there were 0 murders, 3 rapes, 16 robberies, 101 assaults on persons, 152 burglaries, 344 thefts and 34 car thefts.