Forney (Texas)

Kaufman County

48-26604

Forney is a city in Kaufman County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located on U.S. Highway 80, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Buffalo Creek (Texas ) and the Mustang Creek, 38 km east of Dallas in the North West of the county, in the central northeast Texas, some 100 kilometers from Oklahoma is in the north removed and has a total area of 20.3 km ² without significant water surface.

History

The town was founded in 1870 as Brooklyn. When in 1873 a post office was to be opened rejected the post office from the name because there was already a town of the same name in Shelby County. End of the year named the inhabitants of the place to Forney, John Wien Forney after, a politician and journalist from Pennsylvania and a board member of the Texas and Pacific Railway

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 5,588 people in 1,920 households and 1,522 families. The population density was 275.2 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 83.72 % White, 7.39 % African American, 0.55 % Native American, 0.20 % Asian, 0.14 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 6.30 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.70% were of mixed descent, and 9.61 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,920 households, 46.7 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 62.0 % were married couples living together. 13.1% were single mothers and 20.7 % were non-families. 17.7 % of all households were single-person households and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.29 persons to.

32.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8 % from 18 to 24, 33.5 % 25-44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.0 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 91.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 52,014, and the median income for a family $ 58,295. Males have a median income of $ 34,886 versus $ 30,841 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,217. 5.3% of the population and 3.6 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 3.2 % have children under the age of 18 and 13.1 % of those 65 or older.