Kaufman County, Texas
The Kaufman 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 Kaufman.
Geography
The County is located in northeast Texas, is located in the north about 80 of Oklahoma and in the West about 150 miles from Arkansas and has an area of 2090 square kilometers, of which 54 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hunt County, Van Zandt County, Henderson County, Ellis County, Dallas County and Rockwall County.
History
Kaufman County was formed in 1848 from parts of Henderson County. It was named for David Spangler Kaufman, a Texas senator and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Kaufman County 71 313 people in 24 367 households, and 19,225 families. The population density was 35 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 81.10 percent White, 10.53 percent Black or African American, 0.61 percent Native American, 0.47 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 5.66 percent from other races groups; 1.61 percent were descended from two or more races. 11.11 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 24 367 households out of which 39.5 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 63.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers and 21.1 percent were non-families. 17.8 percent of all households and 7.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.24 persons.
29.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 to 24, 29.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94 men.
The median income for a household was $ 44,783, and the median income for a family was $ 50,354. Males had a median income of $ 35,537, women $ 26,494. The per capita income was $ 18,827. 7.8 percent of families and 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Crandall
- Elmo
- Forney
- Gun Barrel City
- Kaufman
- Kemp
- Ables Springs
- Mabank
- Scurry
- Terrell