Smith County (Texas)
The Smith County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Tyler. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located in northeast Texas, in the east about 60 km off Louisiana, in the northeast about 70 km before Arkansas and has an area of 2459 square kilometers, of which 55 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Wood County, Upshur County, Gregg County, Rusk County, Cherokee County, Henderson County and Van Zandt County.
History
Smith County was formed in 1846 from parts of Nacogdoches County. It was named for James Smith, a general during the Texas Revolution.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Smith County 174 706 people in 65 692 households and 46 904 families. The population density was 73 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 72.61 percent White, 19.06 percent Black or African American, 0.43 percent Native American, 0.70 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 5.74 percent from other races groups; 1.44 percent were descended from two or more races. 11.17 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 65 692 households out of which 33.1 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 55.5 percent were married couples living together, 12.3 percent were single mothers and 28.6 percent were non-families. 24.7 percent of all households and 9.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.10 persons.
26.6 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.8 percent between 18 to 24, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 37,148, and the median income for a family was $ 44,534. Males had a median income of $ 32,451, women $ 22,351. The per capita income was $ 19,072. 10.2 percent of families and 13.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Arp
- Bascom
- Bullard
- Chapel Hill
- Dogwood City
- Emerald Bay
- Flint
- Garden Valley
- Griffin
- Henrys Chapel
- Hide A Way Lake
- Lindale
- Mixon
- Mount Selman
- Noonday
- Old Larissa
- Omen
- Sinclair City
- Starr Ville
- Swan
- Teaselville
- Thedford
- Troup
- Tyler
- Walnut Grove
- Waters Bluff
- White House
- Winona
- Wood Springs