Ennis (Texas)

Ellis County

48-24348

Ennis is a city in Ellis County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located at the junction of Interstate 45 to Highway 34 and 287, as well as the highways 85, 879, 1183 and 1722 in the southeast of the county in the central northeast Texas and has a total area of 47.7 km ², of which 1.0 km ² water surface is.

History

The city was named after Cornelius Ennis, a manager and later director of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and former mayor of Houston ( 1856-1857 ). The railway company moved here in 1871 their tracks and in 1872 made ​​the first train here its grip, on the journey from Corsicana to Dallas. In the same year, the first post office was opened in the station building.

Events

Today, the city is also known nationwide mainly by the Texas Motorplex, annually from February to November, usually weekly racing events with drag racing, drag bikes and muscle cars.

Also in May takes place on the last weekend polka festival, a commemorative celebration of the first immigrants and settlers to their place of origin, with parade, street dance, costumes, traditional Czech food and Polka dance groups is known far beyond the city limits.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 16,045 people in 5,335 households and 3,947 families. The population density was 344.4 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 66.57 % White, 14.71 % African American, 0.47 % Native American, 0.29 % Asian, 0.01 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 15.93 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.03% were of mixed descent, and 33.19 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,335 households, 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.4 % were married couples living together. 14.5% were single mothers and 26.0 % were non-families. 22.8 % of all households were single-person households, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.45 persons to.

30.4% of the population were under 18 years old, 10.6 % from 18 to 24, 27.7 % 25-44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.8 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 91.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 38,923, and the median income for a family $ 44,608. Males had a median income of $ 28,585 versus $ 22,855 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,677. 13.0 % of the population and 10.4 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 17.3 % have children under the age of 18 and 15.7 % of those 65 or older.