Lamar County, Texas

administration
Lamar County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Paris
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Lamar County Courthouse 119 N. Main Street Paris, TX 75460-4265
Foundation :	1840
Made up from:	Red River County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	49,793 (2010)
Population density :	21 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2415 km²
Water surface :	41 km²
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The Lamar County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Paris .

geography

The county is located in northeast Texas, borders Oklahoma to the north and is 80 km to the east from Arkansas and 120 km to the southeast from Louisiana . It has an area of 2415 square kilometers, of which 41 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Red River Counties , Delta Counties , Fannin Counties and, in Oklahoma, Bryan Counties and Choctaw Counties .

history

Lamar County was formed in 1840 from parts of Red River County. It was named after Mirabeau B. Lamar , the third President of the Republic of Texas .

40 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 15, 2020.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3978	-
1860	10.136	154.8%
1870	15,790	55.8%
1880	27.193	72.2%
1890	37,302	37.2%
1900	48,627	30.4%
1910	46,544	-4.3%
1920	55,742	19.8%
1930	48,529	-12.9%
1940	50,425	3.9%
1950	43,033	-14.7%
1960	34,234	-20.4%
1970	36,062	5.3%
1980	42,156	16.9%
1990	43,949	4.3%
2000	48,499	10.4%
2010	49,793	2.7%
1850-2010 Lamar County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Scott Mansion , listed on the NRHP

The Texas Union Station , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Lamar County had 48,499 people in 19,077 households and 13,468 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.46 percent white, 13.47 percent African American, 1.08 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 1.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.41 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.33 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 19,077 households, 32.3 percent had children or young people living with them. 54.0 percent were married couples living together, 13.2 percent were single mothers and 29.4 percent were non-families. 26.1 percent were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

26.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.6 percent between 18 and 24, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 86.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,609 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,359. Males had a median income of $ 30,539 versus $ 21,095 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,000. 12.8 percent of families and 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

Individual evidence

^ Lamar County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from January 24, 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 March 15, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 2020.

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

↑ Lamar County, Texas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .