Hill County (Texas)
The Hill 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 Hillsboro.
Geography
The County is located about 100 km north-east of the geographic center of Texas and has an area of 2553 square kilometers, of which 60 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Johnson County, Ellis County, Navarro County, Limestone County, McLennan County and Bosque County.
History
Hill County was formed in 1853 from parts of Navarro County. It was named after George Washington Hill, a War and Navy Minister of the Republic of Texas.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Hill County 32 321 people in 12,204 households and 8,725 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 84.16 percent White, 7.40 percent African American, 0.44 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 6.02 percent from other races groups; 1.71 percent were descended from two or more races. 13.49 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 12,204 households out of which 30.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 57.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers and 28.5 percent were non-families. 24.8 percent of all households and 12.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.07.
25.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 to 24, 24.9 percent between 25 and 44, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 31,600, and the median income for a family was $ 37,791. Males have a median income of $ 29,438, women $ 20,765. The per capita income was $ 15,514. 11.9 percent of families and 15.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Abbott
- Aquilla
- Birome
- Blum
- Bonanza
- Brandon
- Bynum
- Chat
- Covington
- Hillsboro
- Hubbard
- Irene
- Itasca
- Lovelace
- Malone
- Menlow
- Mertens
- Mount Calm
- Pelham
- Penelope
- Peoria
- Vaughan
- Whitney
- Winslow
- Woodbury