Marion County (Texas)
The Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The seat of the county government ( County Seat) located in Jefferson.
Geography
The County is located in northeast Texas on the border of Louisiana and about 10 miles from the border with Arkansas. It has an area of 1089 square kilometers, of which 101 square kilometers are water surface. It borders the following counties and parishes:
History
The Marion County was formed in 1860 from portions of Cass County. It was named after Francis Marion (1732-1795), a general in the American Revolution, nicknamed the " Swamp Fox ".
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 living in Marion County 10,546 people in 4,989 households. The population density was 10.7 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 73.5 percent white, 22.0 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. In the 4,989 households lived statistically 2.09 per person.
20.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 31,210. The per capita income was $ 19,082. 24.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns, villages and other settlements
- Berea
- Burford
- Gethsemane
- Gray
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Kellyville
- Lassater
- Lodi
- Mims Chapel
- Orrs
- Prospect
- Smithland
- Warlock