Sabine County, Texas
The Sabine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Hemphill.
Geography
The County is located in the extreme east of Texas on the Sabine River, which forms the frontier to Louisiana. The Sabine County has an area of 1493 square kilometers, of which 224 square kilometers are water surface. It borders the following Nachbarcountys and parishes:
History
The Sabine County was formed in 1837 as an original county. It was named for the Sabine River.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Sabine County 10,834 people in 4,284 households. The population density was 8.5 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 89.1 percent white, 7.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. In the 4,284 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.
19.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 34,779. The per capita income was $ 18,150. 19.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
Citys
- Hemphill
- Pineland
Unincorporated communities
- Bronson
- Brook Eland
- Dell Brown
- East Mayfield
- Fairdale
- Fairmount
- Geneva
- Milam
- Milan
- Kites
- Mild country
- Rosevine