San Augustine County, Texas
The San Augustine 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 San Augustine.
Geography
The County is located in East Texas, about 30 km from the border of Louisiana and has an area of 1534 square kilometers, of which 167 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Shelby County, Sabine County, Jasper County, Angelina County and Nacogdoches County.
History
San Augustine County was formed in 1837 as an original county. It was named after Saint Augustine of Hippo.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000, lived in San Augustine County 8,946 people in 3,575 households and 2,520 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 69.26 percent White, 27.95 percent Black or African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian, and 1.64 percent from other races; 0.75 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.58 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,575 households out of which 26.8 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 53.5 percent were married couples living together, 13.5 percent were single mothers and 29.5 percent were non-families. 27.0 percent of all households and 14.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.93.
23.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 6.8 percent between 18 to 24, 23.0 percent between 25 and 44, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 21.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,025, and the median income for a family was $ 32,772. Males had a median income of $ 28,395, women $ 18,925. The per capita income was $ 15,548. 15.6 percent of families and 21.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Blandlake
- Broaddus
- Denning
- Fords Corner
- Macune
- Norwood
- San Augustine
- Sexton
- White Rock