Hunt County

administration
The Hunt County Courthouse in Emory, listed on the NRHP with number 96000688
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Greenville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hunt County Courthouse P.O. Box 1316 Greenville, TX 75403
Foundation :	1846
Made up from:	Fannin County Nacogdoches County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	86,129 (2010)
Population density :	39.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2284 km²
Water surface :	106 km²
map

Website : www.huntcounty.net

The Hunt County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Greenville . The county is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in northeast Texas and is approximately 50 km north of Oklahoma . It has an area of 2284 square kilometers, of which 106 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Fannin County , Delta County , Hopkins County , Rains County , Van Zandt County , Rockwall County, and Collin Counties .

history

Hunt County was formed in 1846 from parts of Fannin County and Nacogdoches County . It was named after Memucan Hunt , a Secretary of the Navy for the Republic of Texas .

The President's House on the campus of Texas A&M University – Commerce (2015)

Seven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of November 8, 2019, including the President's House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	1520	-
1860	6630	336.2%
1870	10,291	55.2%
1880	17,230	67.4%
1890	31,885	85.1%
1900	47,295	48.3%
1910	48.116	1.7%
1920	50,350	4.6%
1930	49,016	-2.6%
1940	48,793	-0.5%
1950	42,731	-12.4%
1960	39,399	-7.8%
1970	47,948	21.7%
1980	55,248	15.2%
1990	64,343	16.5%
2000	76,596	19%
2010	86,129	12.4%
1850-2010 Hunt County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

New music hall on the Texas A&M University campus

After the census in 2000 lived in Hunt County 76,596 people; 28,742 households and 20,521 families were counted. The population density was 35 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 83.57 percent white, 9.45 percent African American, 0.73 percent Native American, 0.54 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 3.93 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 8.31 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 28,742 households, 32.9 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.0 percent were single mothers and 28.6 percent were non-families. 24.1 percent were single households and 9.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.08 people.

26.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.0 percent between 18 and 24, 28.0 percent between 25 and 44, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 95.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 36,752 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,388. Males had a median income of $ 33,347 versus $ 23,085 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,554. 8.6 percent of families and 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

^ Hunt 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

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 8, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 8, 2019.