Fannin County (Texas)
The Fannin County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The the county seat ( county seat ) is located in Bonham.
Geography
The County is located north-east of the geographic center of Texas, on the border with the State of Oklahoma and has an area of 2329 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lamar County, Delta County, Hunt County, Collin County, Grayson County and Oklahoma to the Bryan County.
History
Fannin County was formed in 1837 from parts of the Red River County. It was named for James Fannin, commander of the Texans, who were killed in the massacre of Goliad during the Texas Revolution.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 in Fannin County lived 31,242 people in 11,105 households and 7,984 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 86.56 percent White, 7.96 percent African American, 0.92 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.78 percent from other races groups; 1.49 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.61 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 11,105 households out of which 31.1 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 57.9 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers and 28.1 percent were non-families. 25.2 percent of all households and 12.7 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.99 persons.
23.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 to 24, 28.6 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 113.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 34,501, and the median income for a family was $ 42,193. Males had a median income of $ 31,140, women $ 23,101. The per capita income was $ 16,066. 9.9 percent of families and 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Bagby
- Bailey
- Bartley Woods
- Bonham
- Boyd
- Bug Tussle
- Carson
- Cotton Center
- Dial
- Dodd City
- Duplex
- Ector
- Edhube
- Elwood
- Ely
- Gober
- Hail
- Honey Grove
- Ivanhoe
- Ladonia
- Lamasco
- Lannius
- Leonard
- Midway
- Monkstown
- Mulberry
- Nobility
- Orangeville
- Randolph
- Ravenna
- Ridings
- Riverby
- Sash
- Savoy
- Selfs
- Sowells Bluff
- Telephone
- Trenton
- Tulip
- Whitewright
- Windom