Gregg County, Texas (TX)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 11,996
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 27,366
Renter-occupied apartments: 17,857 (it was 15,321 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 36% |
State: | 36% |
Land area: 274 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.3 sq. mi.
Population density: 458 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (22.4%), Retail trade (12.9%), Manufacturing (10.9%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 81%
- Government: 12%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 69,79155.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 25,36620.2%Hispanic or Latino
- 24,33119.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4,0663.2%Two or more races
- 1,6041.3%Asian alone
- 1670.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 610.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 570.05%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 35.8 years |
Texas median age: | 35.6 years |
Males: 61,375 | (48.9%) |
Females: 64,068 | (51.1%) |
Gregg County: | 2.0 people |
Texas: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $61,496 ($35,006 in 1999)
This county: | $61,496 |
Texas: | $72,284 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $872 (lower quartile is $679, upper quartile is $1,164)
This county: | $872 |
State: | $1117 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $187,700 (it was $72,500 in 2000)
Gregg: | $187,700 |
Texas: | $275,400 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,409Detached houses: $265,702
Here: $265,702 State: $369,058 Townhouses or other attached units: $283,157
Here: $283,157 State: $327,631 In 2-unit structures: $214,897
Here: $214,897 State: $374,947 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $229,073
Here: $229,073 State: $209,652 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $328,458
Here: $328,458 State: $413,944 Mobile homes: $94,749
Here: $94,749 State: $124,413 Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $26,929
Here: $26,929 State: $73,921
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $529
Institutionalized population: 2,194
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 21
- Robberies: 6
- Assaults: 71
- Burglaries: 86
- Thefts: 218
- Auto thefts: 54
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 3
- Rapes: 19
- Robberies: 4
- Assaults: 56
- Burglaries: 88
- Thefts: 245
- Auto thefts: 74
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 275 buildings, average cost: $241,400
- 2021: 255 buildings, average cost: $214,000
- 2020: 259 buildings, average cost: $294,300
- 2019: 192 buildings, average cost: $181,500
- 2018: 169 buildings, average cost: $170,600
- 2017: 160 buildings, average cost: $160,200
- 2016: 157 buildings, average cost: $169,800
- 2015: 206 buildings, average cost: $155,800
- 2014: 197 buildings, average cost: $174,500
- 2013: 243 buildings, average cost: $142,000
- 2012: 228 buildings, average cost: $141,800
- 2011: 222 buildings, average cost: $161,600
- 2010: 198 buildings, average cost: $148,000
- 2009: 157 buildings, average cost: $163,500
- 2008: 203 buildings, average cost: $159,000
- 2007: 340 buildings, average cost: $165,500
- 2006: 354 buildings, average cost: $180,700
- 2005: 357 buildings, average cost: $139,600
- 2004: 298 buildings, average cost: $153,900
- 2003: 301 buildings, average cost: $135,600
- 2002: 285 buildings, average cost: $122,900
- 2001: 227 buildings, average cost: $125,800
- 2000: 160 buildings, average cost: $130,000
- 1999: 194 buildings, average cost: $129,700
- 1998: 193 buildings, average cost: $118,700
- 1997: 215 buildings, average cost: $104,800
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,937 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,600 (1.0%)
Gregg County: | 16.3% |
Texas: | 14.0% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 35.8 years old
(Males: 33.2 years old, Females: 37.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 41.1 years old, Black residents: 31.7 years old, American Indian residents: 39.1 years old, Asian residents: 41.9 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 23.5 years old, Other race residents: 25.9 years old)
Area name: Longview, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Gregg County is $466 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $535 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $732 a month.
Cities in this county include: Longview, Kilgore, Sabine, Gladewater, White Oak, Liberty City, Lakeport, Clarksville City, Warren City.
2023 air pollution in Gregg County:
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.028 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring counties: Dona Ana County, New Mexico , Macon County, Alabama , Dooly County, Georgia , Tensas Parish, Louisiana , Marion County, Georgia , Kaufman County , Shackelford County .
Here: | 4.1% |
Texas: | 3.5% |
Current college students: 5,017
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 12,136 (31.5% naturalized citizens)
Gregg County: | 9.7% |
Whole state: | 17.2% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 3,3922010 or later
- 2,9312000 to 2009
- 2,3431990 to 1999
- 1,3891980 to 1989
- 7861970 to 1979
- 476Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 34,641
- One, attached: 1,215
- Two: 4,161
- 3 or 4: 1,450
- 5 to 9: 3,168
- 10 to 19: 1,769
- 20 to 49: 1,862
- 50 or more: 2,500
- Mobile homes: 3,090
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 27
Housing units in Gregg County with a mortgage: 14,865 (354 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 265 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 209
Here: | 6.3% with mortgage |
State: | 98.4% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Gregg County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 64,326 | 177 |
Catholic | 15,271 | 4 |
Mainline Protestant | 12,581 | 38 |
Black Protestant | 5,479 | 24 |
Other | 1,822 | 11 |
None | 22,251 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Gregg County: | 1.63 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.26 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 1.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Gregg County: | 7.87 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.79 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Gregg County: | 10.2% |
Texas: | 8.9% |
Gregg County: | 29.1% |
State: | 26.6% |
Here: | 13.2% |
State: | 15.7% |
Agriculture in Gregg County:
Average size of farms: 105 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $5,441
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $78.94
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.63%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 77.25%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $11,550
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.92%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.86%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $30,057
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.40%
Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 19.10
Corn for grain: 52 harvested acres
Vegetables: 21 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 68 acres
Earthquake activity:
Gregg County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Texas state average. It is 386% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 5/17/2012 at 08:12:00, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 46.5 miles away from Gregg County center
On 11/6/2011 at 03:53:10, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MW, Depth: 3.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 238.6 miles away from the county center
On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi) earthquake occurred 297.9 miles away from the county center
On 9/2/2013 at 23:51:15, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MW, Depth: 2.9 mi) earthquake occurred 45.8 miles away from the county center
On 9/2/2013 at 21:52:38, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 39.7 miles away from Gregg County center
On 1/25/2013 at 07:01:19, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 53.5 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
- Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: March 07, 2016 to March 29, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4266: March 19, 2016, FEMA Id: 4266, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Texas Wildfires, Incident Period: August 30, 2011 to December 31, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4029: September 09, 2011, FEMA Id: 4029, Natural disaster type: Fire
- Texas Hurricane Ike, Incident Period: September 07, 2008 to October 02, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1791: September 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 1791, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Hurricane Ike, Incident Period: September 07, 2008 to September 26, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3294: September 10, 2008, FEMA Id: 3294, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1606: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1606, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3261: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3261, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3216: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Texas Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, Incident Period: February 01, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3171: February 01, 2003, FEMA Id: 3171, Natural disaster type: Other
- Texas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 12, 2000 to January 15, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1356: January 08, 2001, FEMA Id: 1356, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Gregg County (16) is near the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 5, Storms: 5, Floods: 4, Fires: 3, Tornadoes: 3, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 2 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 63,345 (81.2%)
- Carpooled: 7,381 (9.5%)
- Bus: 121 (0.2%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 479 (0.6%)
- Bicycle: 102 (0.1%)
- Walked: 593 (0.8%)
- Worked at home: 3,620 (4.6%)
- Retail trade (16%)
- Health care and social assistance (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (6%)
- Retail trade (19%)
- Health care and social assistance (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Production occupations (14%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (9%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Material moving occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
- Sales and related occupations (16%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (6%)
- Healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Mexico (69%)
- El Salvador (3%)
- Germany (2%)
- Nepal (2%)
- Philippines (2%)
- Vietnam (2%)
- Canada (2%)
- American (16%)
- English (9%)
- Irish (5%)
- German (4%)
- European (1%)
- Italian (1%)
- Scottish (1%)
People in group quarters in Gregg County, Texas in 2010:
- 1,488 people in college/university student housing
- 955 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 747 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 396 people in hospitals with patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 279 people in group homes intended for adults
- 206 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 189 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 54 people in correctional residential facilities
- 49 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 26 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 16 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 9 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
People in group quarters in Gregg County, Texas in 2000:
- 991 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 954 people in nursing homes
- 426 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 269 people in state prisons
- 118 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 50 people in halfway houses
- 50 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 49 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 27 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 27 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 24 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 10 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 3 people in other group homes
8.58% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($50,221 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 8.58% |
Texas average: | 8.12% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.39% relocated from other counties in Texas ($36,249 average AGI)
2.20% relocated from other states ($13,972 average AGI)
Gregg County: 2.20% Texas average: 2.83%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Harrison County, TX | 1.09% ($48,226 average AGI) |
from Upshur County, TX | 0.92% ($44,284) |
from Rusk County, TX | 0.75% ($44,150) |
from Smith County, TX | 0.65% ($39,498) |
from Dallas County, TX | 0.33% ($52,000) |
from Tarrant County, TX | 0.19% ($55,090) |
from Harris County, TX | 0.18% ($56,131) |
8.48% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($49,753 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 8.48% |
Texas average: | 7.40% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.87% relocated to other counties in Texas ($40,755 average AGI)
1.61% relocated to other states ($8,997 average AGI)
Gregg County: 1.61% Texas average: 2.08%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Harrison County, TX | 1.26% ($43,917 average AGI) |
to Upshur County, TX | 1.05% ($47,129) |
to Rusk County, TX | 0.84% ($50,990) |
to Smith County, TX | 0.76% ($45,047) |
to Dallas County, TX | 0.40% ($41,479) |
to Harris County, TX | 0.26% ($58,942) |
to Tarrant County, TX | 0.18% ($37,976) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 16.6
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 11.5%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 19,162 (15,872 aged, 3,290 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 6,563 (21%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Gregg County, Texas in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (2,693)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,548)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (1,364)
- Unspecified dementia (1,268)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (935)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (871)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (771)
- Congestive heart failure (718)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (524)
- Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (431)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 21,811
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 521
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 99,792
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,678
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,109
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 17
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 64
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 123
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 10
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 75.7. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 47.9
- Other - 27.8
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 147.6. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 108.5
- Other - 39.1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 125,443- Male householders: 22,608 (5,864 living alone), Female householders: 25,269 (8,466 living alone)
20,498 spouses (20,241 opposite-sex spouses), 2,176 unmarried partners, (2,176 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 38,141 children (36,257 natural, 330 adopted, 1,554 stepchildren), 3,020 grandchildren, 1,225 brothers or sisters, 1,888 parents, 139 foster children, 3,595 other relatives, 2,902 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 3,982
Size of family households: 12,089 2-persons, 7,670 3-persons, 6,485 4-persons, 2,702 5-persons, 1,324 6-persons, 495 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 14,330 1-person, 2,454 2-persons, 328 3-persons.
16,540 married couples with children.
10,938 single-parent households (2,450 men, 8,488 women).
83.0% of residents of Gregg speak English at home.
14.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $630,439,000 ($5,480 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $16,227,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $313,925,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $166,356,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $256,000
Federal grants: $120,629,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,889,000 ($1,428,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $23,384,000 ($864,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $319,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $37,533,000
Federal Government insurance: $30,184,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 9,766Here: | 84 per 1000 residents |
State: | 85 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 6,326
Here: | 55 per 1000 residents |
State: | 35 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +1,486
Here: | +13 per 1000 residents |
State: | +29 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -515
Here: | -4 per 1000 residents |
State: | +10 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 28.02 millions of gallons per day (3% from ground, 97% from surface)
Here: | 6.1 |
State: | 6.3 |
Here: | 4.2 |
State: | 4.0 |
- Year house built in Gregg County, Texas
- 5112020 or later
- 6,4232010 to 2019
- 5,1372000 to 2009
- 4,8791990 to 1999
- 10,5921980 to 1989
- 11,4541970 to 1979
- 5,9011960 to 1969
- 6,4831950 to 1959
- 1,5651940 to 1949
- 9381939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Gregg County, Texas
- 3841 room
- 02 rooms
- 3513 rooms
- 3,4494 rooms
- 5,4435 rooms
- 7,0106 rooms
- 5,1577 rooms
- 2,6198 rooms
- 3,3129+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gregg County, Texas
- 4691 room
- 1,1742 rooms
- 4,2953 rooms
- 5,6134 rooms
- 5,0325 rooms
- 2,2526 rooms
- 9487 rooms
- 3338 rooms
- 369+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Gregg County, Texas
- 384no bedroom
- 2371 bedroom
- 3,6882 bedrooms
- 17,6153 bedrooms
- 5,3004 bedrooms
- 5015+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gregg County, Texas
- 469no bedroom
- 6,1591 bedroom
- 7,1832 bedrooms
- 6,1773 bedrooms
- 1644 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Gregg County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 281no vehicle
- 7,5441 vehicle
- 12,6482 vehicles
- 4,6403 vehicles
- 1,3864 vehicles
- 1,2265+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Gregg County in renter-occupied apartments
- 2,123no vehicle
- 10,0461 vehicle
- 6,6602 vehicles
- 1,0543 vehicles
- 2694 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
87.2% of Gregg County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Texas.
Gregg County: | 87.2% |
State average: | 85.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 83,026
- Other state: 28,532
- Northeast: 2,751
- Midwest: 4,951
- South: 17,078
- West: 3,752
- 54.0%Electricity
- 42.7%Utility gas
- 2.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.3%No fuel used
- 0.2%Wood
- 78.5%Electricity
- 19.9%Utility gas
- 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.5%No fuel used
- 0.1%Wood
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 2.9% |
Texas: | 8.8% |
Here: | 9.7% |
Texas: | 8.0% |
Here: | 28.4% |
Texas: | 16.2% |
Gregg County government finances - Expenditure in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $2,931,000
Other: $2,624,000
Air Transportation: $379,000
Air Transportation: $270,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,116,000
Air Transportation: $3,737,000
General - Other: $3,707,000
Regular Highways: $2,400,000
Air Transportation: $1,373,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $16,303,000
Correctional Institutions: $15,955,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,154,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,556,000
General - Other: $5,578,000
Regular Highways: $4,612,000
Regular Highways: $4,511,000
Financial Administration: $4,232,000
General - Other: $3,837,000
Financial Administration: $3,140,000
General Public Buildings: $2,255,000
Air Transportation: $2,181,000
General Public Buildings: $2,071,000
Air Transportation: $2,063,000
Central Staff Services: $1,705,000
Central Staff Services: $1,573,000
Police Protection: $1,040,000
Health - Other: $928,000
Police Protection: $565,000
Health - Other: $326,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $280,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Natural Resources - Other: $144,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $120,000
Natural Resources - Other: $108,000
Libraries: $72,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Air Transportation: $3,356,000
Other: $1,289,000
Air Transportation: $1,059,000
Other: $861,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,892,000
Interest on Debt: $6,087,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $397,000
Other: $338,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $172,302,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $162,242,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $152,182,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $142,122,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,562,000
Interest Earnings: $7,332,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,397,000
Fines and Forfeits: $909,000
General Revenue - Other: $759,000
Rents: $454,000
Sale of Property: $421,000
Rents: $374,000
General Revenue - Other: $368,000
Royalties: $14,000
Royalties: $6,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $169,000
Correctional Institutions: $121,000
Police Protection: $84,000
Air Transportation: $53,000
Financial Administration: $51,000
Correctional Institutions: $45,000
Regular Highways: $43,000
General - Other: $36,000
General - Other: $11,000
Financial Administration: $10,000
General Public Building: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $89,849,000
Cash and Securities: $76,489,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $162,242,000
Cash and Securities: $142,122,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $1,220,000
Other: $924,000
General Local Government Support: $314,000
General Local Government Support: $269,000
Health and Hospitals: $264,000
Highways: $104,000
Health and Hospitals: $63,000
Highways: $19,000
- Tax - Property: $23,131,000
Property: $22,555,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,380,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $13,869,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,820,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,566,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,536,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,534,000
Amusements Sales: $106,000
Amusements Sales: $93,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $47,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Public Utilities Sales: $32,000
Other License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $25,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $13,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,403,000
Gregg County government finances - Revenue in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $2,931,000
Other: $2,624,000
Air Transportation: $379,000
Air Transportation: $270,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,116,000
Air Transportation: $3,737,000
General - Other: $3,707,000
Regular Highways: $2,400,000
Air Transportation: $1,373,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $16,303,000
Correctional Institutions: $15,955,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,154,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,556,000
General - Other: $5,578,000
Regular Highways: $4,612,000
Regular Highways: $4,511,000
Financial Administration: $4,232,000
General - Other: $3,837,000
Financial Administration: $3,140,000
General Public Buildings: $2,255,000
Air Transportation: $2,181,000
General Public Buildings: $2,071,000
Air Transportation: $2,063,000
Central Staff Services: $1,705,000
Central Staff Services: $1,573,000
Police Protection: $1,040,000
Health - Other: $928,000
Police Protection: $565,000
Health - Other: $326,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $280,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Natural Resources - Other: $144,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $120,000
Natural Resources - Other: $108,000
Libraries: $72,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Air Transportation: $3,356,000
Other: $1,289,000
Air Transportation: $1,059,000
Other: $861,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,892,000
Interest on Debt: $6,087,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $397,000
Other: $338,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $172,302,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $162,242,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $152,182,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $142,122,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,562,000
Interest Earnings: $7,332,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,397,000
Fines and Forfeits: $909,000
General Revenue - Other: $759,000
Rents: $454,000
Sale of Property: $421,000
Rents: $374,000
General Revenue - Other: $368,000
Royalties: $14,000
Royalties: $6,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $169,000
Correctional Institutions: $121,000
Police Protection: $84,000
Air Transportation: $53,000
Financial Administration: $51,000
Correctional Institutions: $45,000
Regular Highways: $43,000
General - Other: $36,000
General - Other: $11,000
Financial Administration: $10,000
General Public Building: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $89,849,000
Cash and Securities: $76,489,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $162,242,000
Cash and Securities: $142,122,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $1,220,000
Other: $924,000
General Local Government Support: $314,000
General Local Government Support: $269,000
Health and Hospitals: $264,000
Highways: $104,000
Health and Hospitals: $63,000
Highways: $19,000
- Tax - Property: $23,131,000
Property: $22,555,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,380,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $13,869,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,820,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,566,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,536,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,534,000
Amusements Sales: $106,000
Amusements Sales: $93,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $47,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Public Utilities Sales: $32,000
Other License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $25,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $13,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,403,000
Gregg County government finances - Debt in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $2,931,000
Other: $2,624,000
Air Transportation: $379,000
Air Transportation: $270,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,116,000
Air Transportation: $3,737,000
General - Other: $3,707,000
Regular Highways: $2,400,000
Air Transportation: $1,373,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $16,303,000
Correctional Institutions: $15,955,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,154,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,556,000
General - Other: $5,578,000
Regular Highways: $4,612,000
Regular Highways: $4,511,000
Financial Administration: $4,232,000
General - Other: $3,837,000
Financial Administration: $3,140,000
General Public Buildings: $2,255,000
Air Transportation: $2,181,000
General Public Buildings: $2,071,000
Air Transportation: $2,063,000
Central Staff Services: $1,705,000
Central Staff Services: $1,573,000
Police Protection: $1,040,000
Health - Other: $928,000
Police Protection: $565,000
Health - Other: $326,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $280,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Natural Resources - Other: $144,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $120,000
Natural Resources - Other: $108,000
Libraries: $72,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Air Transportation: $3,356,000
Other: $1,289,000
Air Transportation: $1,059,000
Other: $861,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,892,000
Interest on Debt: $6,087,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $397,000
Other: $338,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $172,302,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $162,242,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $152,182,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $142,122,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,562,000
Interest Earnings: $7,332,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,397,000
Fines and Forfeits: $909,000
General Revenue - Other: $759,000
Rents: $454,000
Sale of Property: $421,000
Rents: $374,000
General Revenue - Other: $368,000
Royalties: $14,000
Royalties: $6,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $169,000
Correctional Institutions: $121,000
Police Protection: $84,000
Air Transportation: $53,000
Financial Administration: $51,000
Correctional Institutions: $45,000
Regular Highways: $43,000
General - Other: $36,000
General - Other: $11,000
Financial Administration: $10,000
General Public Building: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $89,849,000
Cash and Securities: $76,489,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $162,242,000
Cash and Securities: $142,122,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $1,220,000
Other: $924,000
General Local Government Support: $314,000
General Local Government Support: $269,000
Health and Hospitals: $264,000
Highways: $104,000
Health and Hospitals: $63,000
Highways: $19,000
- Tax - Property: $23,131,000
Property: $22,555,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,380,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $13,869,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,820,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,566,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,536,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,534,000
Amusements Sales: $106,000
Amusements Sales: $93,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $47,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Public Utilities Sales: $32,000
Other License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $25,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $13,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,403,000
Gregg County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2020:
- Charges - Other: $2,931,000
Other: $2,624,000
Air Transportation: $379,000
Air Transportation: $270,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,116,000
Air Transportation: $3,737,000
General - Other: $3,707,000
Regular Highways: $2,400,000
Air Transportation: $1,373,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $16,303,000
Correctional Institutions: $15,955,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $9,154,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,556,000
General - Other: $5,578,000
Regular Highways: $4,612,000
Regular Highways: $4,511,000
Financial Administration: $4,232,000
General - Other: $3,837,000
Financial Administration: $3,140,000
General Public Buildings: $2,255,000
Air Transportation: $2,181,000
General Public Buildings: $2,071,000
Air Transportation: $2,063,000
Central Staff Services: $1,705,000
Central Staff Services: $1,573,000
Police Protection: $1,040,000
Health - Other: $928,000
Police Protection: $565,000
Health - Other: $326,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $280,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Corrections - Other: $171,000
Natural Resources - Other: $144,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $120,000
Natural Resources - Other: $108,000
Libraries: $72,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Air Transportation: $3,356,000
Other: $1,289,000
Air Transportation: $1,059,000
Other: $861,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,892,000
Interest on Debt: $6,087,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $397,000
Other: $338,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $172,302,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $162,242,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $152,182,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $142,122,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $10,060,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,562,000
Interest Earnings: $7,332,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,397,000
Fines and Forfeits: $909,000
General Revenue - Other: $759,000
Rents: $454,000
Sale of Property: $421,000
Rents: $374,000
General Revenue - Other: $368,000
Royalties: $14,000
Royalties: $6,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $169,000
Correctional Institutions: $121,000
Police Protection: $84,000
Air Transportation: $53,000
Financial Administration: $51,000
Correctional Institutions: $45,000
Regular Highways: $43,000
General - Other: $36,000
General - Other: $11,000
Financial Administration: $10,000
General Public Building: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $89,849,000
Cash and Securities: $76,489,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $162,242,000
Cash and Securities: $142,122,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $1,220,000
Other: $924,000
General Local Government Support: $314,000
General Local Government Support: $269,000
Health and Hospitals: $264,000
Highways: $104,000
Health and Hospitals: $63,000
Highways: $19,000
- Tax - Property: $23,131,000
Property: $22,555,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,380,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $13,869,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,820,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,566,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,536,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,534,000
Amusements Sales: $106,000
Amusements Sales: $93,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $47,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Public Utilities Sales: $32,000
Other License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $25,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $13,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,403,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 3,428
- Number of aged recipients: 310
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,118
- Number of recipients under 18: 745
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,085
- Number of recipients older than 64: 598
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,173
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,416
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 23 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 492 | $133,768 | 805 | $131,073 | 1,201 | $122,430 | 226 | $48,190 | 13 | $864,308 | 398 | $90,093 | 65 | $50,046 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 34 | $124,176 | 81 | $137,420 | 119 | $129,664 | 16 | $33,062 | 0 | $0 | 23 | $74,609 | 16 | $45,500 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 94 | $118,798 | 170 | $112,324 | 376 | $120,247 | 124 | $28,669 | 0 | $0 | 28 | $147,214 | 52 | $52,788 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 59 | $134,203 | 85 | $146,494 | 267 | $135,667 | 19 | $32,421 | 0 | $0 | 22 | $99,591 | 6 | $66,167 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 22 | $117,182 | 26 | $195,154 | 71 | $133,070 | 9 | $26,778 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $198,000 | 4 | $57,750 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 18 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 88 | $166,852 | 46 | $215,739 | 1 | $41,000 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 28 | $171,964 | 14 | $202,214 | 2 | $71,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 23 | $206,348 | 14 | $158,000 | 1 | $93,000 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 3 | $314,333 | 3 | $287,333 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 2 | $156,000 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Gregg County, TX among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 967 | 71.8 years |
William | 793 | 75.2 years |
Mary | 793 | 78.2 years |
John | 742 | 74.2 years |
Robert | 545 | 70.9 years |
Charles | 398 | 70.9 years |
George | 357 | 75.5 years |
Willie | 338 | 75.9 years |
Thomas | 286 | 73.7 years |
Dorothy | 257 | 75.2 years |
Most common last names in Gregg County, TX among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 575 | 75.3 years |
Williams | 435 | 73.5 years |
Jones | 433 | 75.0 years |
Johnson | 381 | 74.4 years |
Davis | 277 | 74.7 years |
Brown | 255 | 73.6 years |
Moore | 220 | 73.5 years |
Jackson | 217 | 70.8 years |
Wilson | 195 | 75.0 years |
Taylor | 178 | 74.4 years |
Businesses in Gregg County, TX | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T | 2 | Lane Furniture | 2 | |
Ace Hardware | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 2 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 2 | Mazda | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | McDonald's | 8 | |
AutoZone | 3 | Microtel | 1 | |
Baymont Inn | 1 | Motel 6 | 1 | |
Best Western | 2 | New Balance | 1 | |
Burger King | 4 | Nike | 5 | |
CVS | 3 | Nissan | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 2 | Papa John's Pizza | 2 | |
Chick-Fil-A | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Church's Chicken | 4 | Pier 1 Imports | 1 | |
Circle K | 1 | Pizza Hut | 4 | |
Comfort Suites | 1 | Popeyes | 2 | |
Dairy Queen | 5 | Quality | 1 | |
Days Inn | 2 | RadioShack | 2 | |
Dennys | 1 | Ramada | 2 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | SONIC Drive-In | 13 | |
FedEx | 20 | Sears | 1 | |
Finish Line | 1 | Spencer Gifts | 1 | |
GameStop | 2 | Subway | 6 | |
Goodwill | 2 | Super 8 | 1 | |
H&R Block | 6 | T-Mobile | 3 | |
Havertys Furniture | 1 | T.J.Maxx | 1 | |
Hilton | 3 | Taco Bell | 5 | |
Holiday Inn | 2 | Toyota | 1 | |
Honda | 1 | Toys"R"Us | 1 | |
Jack In The Box | 3 | U-Haul | 7 | |
Jones New York | 2 | UPS | 24 | |
Justice | 1 | Verizon Wireless | 1 | |
KFC | 3 | Volkswagen | 1 | |
Kmart | 1 | Waffle House | 1 | |
Kroger | 1 | Walgreens | 3 | |
La Quinta | 1 | Walmart | 3 | |
La-Z-Boy | 1 | Wendy's | 2 |
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- #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
- #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
- #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #87 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
- #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"