Pittsburg, Texas

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Pittsburg
Camp County Pittsburg.svg
Location of Pittsburg in Texas
Basic data
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Camp County
Coordinates : 33 ° 0 ′  N , 94 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 0 ′  N , 94 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 4,347 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 505.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.7 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.6 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 120 m
Postal code : 75686
Area code : +1 903
FIPS : 48-57908
GNIS ID : 1344152
Website : www.pittsburgtexas.com
Mayor : Shawn Kennington

Pittsburg is the district capital and seat of the county seat of Camp County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located in northeast Texas at the intersection of US Highway 271 and Highway 11, about 100 km southwest of Texarkana , is approximately 90 km away from Oklahoma in the north and Arkansas in the east and has a total area of ​​8.7 km 2 of which 0.1 km 2 is water.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 1203 -
1900 1783 48.2%
1910 1916 7.5%
1920 2540 32.6%
1930 2640 3.9%
1940 2916 10.5%
1950 3142 7.8%
1960 3796 20.8%
1970 3844 1.3%
1980 4245 10.4%
1990 4007 -5.6%
2000 4347 8.5%
1890-2000,

According to the 2000 census, 4,347 people lived here in 1,593 households and 1,056 families. The population density was 502.5 people per km 2 . The racial the population was composed of 54.50% White, 27.97% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 15.76% other ethnic groups. About 1.27% were of mixed race and 23.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,593 households, 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 42.7% of these were married couples living together. 19.3% were single mothers and 33.7% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were single households and there were people living in 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.24.

30.0% of the population were under 18 years old, 9.5% 18 to 24, 25.5% 25 to 44, 17.9% 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 87.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 79.3 men.

The median income for a household in the 24,789 USD , and the median income for a family 28,398 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,750 versus $ 20,042 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,882. 27.7% of the population and 23.8% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 38.8% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 14.1% were 65 or older.

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.13 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012

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