Pittsburg (Texas)
Camp County
48-57908
Pittsburg is the capital and the county seat ( county seat ) of the Camp County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.
Geography
The city is located in northeast Texas at the intersection of U.S. Highway 271 with Highway 11, about 100 km southwest of Texarkana, is about 90 km each from Oklahoma and Arkansas to the north east and has a total area of 8.7 km ², of which 0.1 km ² water surface.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 4,347 people in 1,593 households and 1,056 families. The population density was 502.5 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 54.50 % White, 27.97 % African American, 0.30 % Native American, 0.16 % Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander residents from the and 15.76 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.27% were of mixed descent, and 23.86 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,593 households, 34.5 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 42.7 % were married couples living together. 19.3% were single mothers and 33.7 % were non-families. 29.9 % of all households were single-person households, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.24 persons to.
30.0% of the population were under 18 years old, 9.5 % from 18 to 24, 25.5% 25-44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.0 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 79.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 24,789, and the median income for a family $ 28,398. Males have a median income of $ 28,750 versus $ 20,042 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,882. 27.7 % of the population and 23.8 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 38.8 % have children under the age of 18 and 14.1 % of those 65 or older.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Vernon Isaac, jazz musician and band leader