Carthage (Texas)

Panola County

48-13108

Carthage is the capital and the county seat ( county seat ) of the Panola County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in near the center of the county, in eastern Texas, is about 30 km from Louisiana away and has a total area of 27.3 km ², of which 0.1 km ² water surface.

History

The term Panola is the Indian word for cotton. The city was named after the place of origin of Judge John Allison, a cotton buyer from Panola County, Mississippi, who played a leading role in the formation of new counties. In the following period, cotton production in the County for the most economic factor was.

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 6,664 people in 2,598 households and 1,771 families. The population density was 244.8 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 74.65 % White, 21.02 % African American, 0.47 % Native American, 0.59 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 1.98 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.29% were Mixed Race and 4.35 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,598 households, 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.9 % were married couples living together. 15.4% were single mothers and 31.8% were non-families. 29.1 % of all households were single-person households, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size amounted to 3.00.

25.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 10.9 % from 18 to 24, 24.7% 25-44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.3 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 80.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 74.8 males.

The median income for a household was $ 31,822, and the median income for a family $ 37,031. Males have a median income of $ 33,080 versus $ 21,473 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,332. 13.2 % of the population and 11.8 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 15.2 % have children under the age of 18 and 12.9 % of those 65 or older.