Hopkins County, Texas

administration
The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulfur Springs, listed on the NRHP with number 77001453
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Sulfur Springs
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hopkins County Courthouse P.O. Box 288 Sulfur Springs, TX 75483
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Lamar County Nacogdoches County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	35,161 (2010)
Population density :	17.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2053 km²
Water surface :	27 km²
map

Website : www.hopkinscountytx.org

The Hopkins County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Sulfur Springs .

geography

The county is located in northeast Texas, about 50 km to the north from Oklahoma and about 80 km to the east from Arkansas and Louisiana . It has an area of 2053 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Delta County , Franklin County , Wood County , Rains County, and Hunt County .

history

Hopkins County was formed on March 25, 1846 from parts of Lamar County and Nacogdoches County . The administrative organization was completed on July 13 of the same year. It was named after the family of David Hopkins (1825–1906), an early settler in the area.

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of November 2, 2019, the Hopkins County Courthouse .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2623	-
1860	7745	195.3%
1870	12,651	63.3%
1880	15,461	22.2%
1890	20,572	33.1%
1900	27,950	35.9%
1910	31,038	11%
1920	34,791	12.1%
1930	29,410	-15.5%
1940	30,274	2.9%
1950	23,490	-22.4%
1960	18,594	-20.8%
1970	20,710	11.4%
1980	25,247	21.9%
1990	28,833	14.2%
2000	31,960	10.8%
2010	35.161	10%
1850-2010 Hopkins County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Part of Cooper Lake State Park

Hopkins County had a population of 31,960 as of the 2000 census . Of these, 472 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 12,286 households and 8,882 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 85.11 percent white, 7.99 percent African American, 0.68 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 4.55 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.36 percent were from two or more races. 9.28 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,286 households, 32.5 percent had children or young people living with them. 58.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers, and 27.7 percent were non-families. 24.1 percent were single households and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04 people.

26.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 93.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,136 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,580. Males had a median income of $ 30,377 versus $ 20,751 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,182. 11.3 percent of families and 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
^ Hopkins 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 dated April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ 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. 140.

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 2, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 2, 2019.

↑ Texas Almanac: Population History of Countys from 1850–2010 (PDF; 698 kB), accessed September 18, 2012

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