Hardin County (Texas)
The Hardin County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Kountze.
Geography
The County is located in East Texas, about 40 km from Louisiana and has an area of 2324 square kilometers, of which 8 square miles is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Tyler County, Jasper County, Orange County, Jefferson County, Liberty County and Polk County.
History
Hardin County was formed in 1858 from parts of Jefferson County and Liberty County. It was named after a prominent family named Hardin in Liberty County.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Hardin County 48.073 people in 17 805 households, and 13,638 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 90.86 percent White, 6.91 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.74 percent from other races groups; 0.93 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.54 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 17 805 households out of which 37.2 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 62.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers and 23.4 percent were non-families. 20.7 percent of all households and 9.2 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.09.
27.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 to 24, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.
The median income for a household was $ 37,612, and the median income for a family was $ 42,890. Males have a median income of $ 35,881, women $ 22,823. The per capita income was $ 17,962. 8.8 percent of families and 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Batson
- Bragg
- This
- Fletcher
- Fresenius
- Graysburg
- Honey Iceland
- Kountze
- Lelavale
- Lillard
- Loeb
- Lumberton
- Nona
- Pine Ridge
- Pinewood Estates
- Rose Hill Acres
- Saratoga
- Seth
- Silsbee
- Sour Lake
- Thicket
- Village Mills
- Votaw