Camp County

Camp County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Pittsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Camp County Courthouse 126 Church Street Pittsburg, TX 75686
Foundation :	1874
Made up from:	Upshur County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	12,401  (2010)
Population density :	24.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	526 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map
Website : www.co.camp.tx.us

The Camp County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Pittsburg .

Geography and history

The county is northeast of the geographic center of Texas, approximately 70 km from Oklahoma , Arkansas and Louisiana . It has an area of ​​526 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Titus County , Morris County , Upshur County , Wood County, and Franklin Counties .

Camp County was formed on April 6, 1874 from parts of Upshur County. It was named after John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891), an officer in the Confederate Army in the Civil War and a member of the Texas Senate .

Pittsburg Commercial Historic District (2017)

One place in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of October 17, 2018, the Pittsburg Commercial Historic District .

cities and communes

Blodgett Brumley County Line Ebenezer

Faker Harvard Lafayette

Leesburg Matinburg New mine

Pine Pittsburg Thomas

Demographic data

Camp County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	5931		-
1890	6624		11.7%
1900	9146		38.1%
1910	9551		4.4%
1920	11,103		16.2%
1930	10,063		-9.4%
1940	10,285		2.2%
1950	8740		-15%
1960	7849		-10.2%
1970	8005		2%
1980	9275		15.9%
1990	9904		6.8%
2000	11,549		16.6%
2010	12,401		7.4%
1880-2010

As of the 2000 census , Camp County had 11,549 people in 4,336 households and 3,156 families. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 69.53 percent white, 19.20 percent African American, 0.35 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 9.63 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.07 percent were descended from two or more races. 14.78 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,336 households, 31.5 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.2 percent were married couples living together, 12.5 percent were single mothers and 27.2 percent were non-families. 24.2 percent were single households and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.09 people.

26.9 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 91.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 31,164 , and the median income for a family was $ 36,142. Males had a median income of $ 31,870 versus $ 18,797 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,500. 15.9 percent of families and 20.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line . In the United States, the poverty line (2010) was $ 11,344 annual income.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Camp County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
2. ↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012. 
3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 42 .
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 17, 2018.
5. ↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012.
6. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Camp County, Texas ), data sheet with the results of the census in 2000 (more recent figures ) at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Camp County, Texas  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Camp County in Handbook of Texas (English)
• "Camp County profiles" of the Texas Association of Counties (English)

Coordinates: 32 ° 58 ′  N , 94 ° 59 ′  W