Hardin County, Texas

administration
Hardin County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Kountze
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hardin County Courthouse P.O. Box 38 Kountze, TX 77625-0038
Foundation :	1858
Made up from:	Jefferson County Liberty County
Area code :	001 409
Demographics
Residents :	54,635 (2010)
Population density :	23.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2324 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.co.hardin.tx.us

The Hardin County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Kountze .

geography

The county is located in east Texas, about 40 km from Louisiana and has an area of 2324 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Tyler County , Jasper County , Orange County , Jefferson County , Liberty County, and Polk Counties .

history

Hardin County was formed in 1858 from parts of Jefferson County and Liberty County. It was named after a respected family named Hardin in Liberty County.

Two of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 4, 2019), the Ada Belle Oil Well and the Kirby-Hill House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1353	-
1870	1460	7.9%
1880	1870	28.1%
1890	3956	111.6%
1900	5049	27.6%
1910	12,947	156.4%
1920	15,983	23.4%
1930	13,936	-12.8%
1940	15,875	13.9%
1950	19,535	23.1%
1960	24,629	26.1%
1970	29,996	21.8%
1980	40,721	35.8%
1990	41,320	1.5%
2000	48,073	16.3%
2010	54,635	13.7%
1850-2010 Hardin County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Billboard on Ghost Road with a short story of the road

The Ghost Road

According to the 2000 census , Hardin County had 48,073 people in 17,805 households and 13,638 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.86 percent white, 6.91 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.74 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.93 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.54 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,805 households, 37.2 percent had children or adolescents living with them. 62.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers and 23.4 percent were non-families. 20.7 percent were single households and 9.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.09 people.

27.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 28.3 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 37,612 , and the median income for a family is $ 42,890. Males had a median income of $ 35,881 versus $ 22,823 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,962. 8.8 percent of families and 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

↑ Hardin County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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 @1@ 2

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 4, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 4, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1860–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

↑ Hardin County, Texas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .