Trinity County (Texas)
Trinity County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Groveton.
Geography
The County is located in East Texas and is in the east about 120 km west of the border with Louisiana. It has an area of 1849 square kilometers, of which 55 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Angelina County, Polk County, San Jacinto County, Walker County and Houston County.
History
Trinity County was formed in 1850 from parts of Houston County. It was named after the Trinity River.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Trinity County 13,779 people in 5,723 households and 4,000 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 83.75 percent White, 11.92 percent Black or African American, 0.41 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.66 percent from other races groups; 1.01 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.85 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 5,723 households out of which 25.7 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 55.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.2 percent were single mothers and 30.1 percent were non-families. 26.8 percent of all households and 14.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.85 persons.
22.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 to 24, 22.3 percent between 25 and 44, 25.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 22.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,070, and the median income for a family was $ 32,304. Males had a median income of $ 27,518, women $ 21,696. The per capita income was $ 15,472. 13.2 percent of families and 17.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Apple Springs
- Carlisle
- Centralia
- Chita
- Crecy
- Friday
- Glendale
- Groveton
- Helmic
- Josserand
- Kittrell
- Lacy
- Nigton
- Nogalus
- North Cedar
- Pagoda
- Pennington
- Sebastopol
- Trevat
- Trinity
- Westville
- Woodlake