Drinking water stations with addresses in Yoakum and their reported violations in the past:
TXDOT COMFORT STATION US HWY 59 NORTH (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between FEB-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- One routine major monitoring violation
TXDOT COMFORT STATION US HWY 59 SOUTH (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between FEB-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- One routine major monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 20.6% | | Whole state: | 15.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 6.8% | | Whole state: | 6.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Yoakum, TX
100 people in nursing homes
2 people in religious group quarters
Yoakum compared to Texas state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Yoakum (2009 data):
- The Yoakum National Bank: at 301 West Grand Avenue, branch established on 1890-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $132.8 mil, Deposits: $113.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Yoakum National Bancshares, Inc.
- Prosperity Bank: Yoakum Branch at 601 Lott Street, branch established on 1935-04-20. Info updated 2008-11-14: Bank assets: $9,070.2 mil, Deposits: $7,336.4 mil, headquarters in El Campo, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 187 total offices, Holding Company: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
- First State Bank: at 406 West Grand Avenue, branch established on 1931-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $112.3 mil, Deposits: $96.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 2 total offices, Holding Company: First State Bancshares Of Yoakum, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in DeWitt County Texas:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Religion statistics for Yoakum
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Adherents | 47.3% | 23.4% | 17.3% | 4.0% | 3.1% |
| Congregations | 21.6% | 18.9% | 24.3% | 8.1% | 5.4% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | Churches of Christ | Pentecostal Church of God | Assemblies of God | Other religions |
| Adherents | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Congregations | 2.7% | 5.4% | 2.7% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
4 | $14,380 | $43,140 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
3 | $10,964 | $43,856 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,018 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
10 | $28,191 | $33,829 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
6 | $12,843 | $25,686 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
18 | $64,808 | $43,205 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
12 | $28,634 | $28,634 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
1 | $2,353 | $28,236 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
18 | $30,817 | $20,545 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
11 | $33,250 | $36,273 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
15 | $24,017 | $19,214 | 4 | $2,876 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
2 | $7,266 | $43,596 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
11 | $23,119 | $25,221 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
10 | $28,882 | $34,658 | 2 | $1,630 |
| Local Libraries |
1 | $1,908 | $22,896 | 2 | $1,021 |
| Other and Unallocable |
39 | $108,466 | $33,374 | 5 | $3,018 |
| Totals for Government |
161 | $419,898 | $31,297 | 14 | $9,563 |
Yoakum government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $593,000
Sewerage: $450,000
All Other: $259,000
Parks & Recreation: $97,000
- Construction - Parks & Recreation: $156,000
Regular Highways: $150,000
Electric Utilities: $78,000
Air Transportation: $6,000
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $3,483,000
Police Protection: $707,000
Fire Protection: $598,000
Solid Waste Management: $465,000
Central Staff Services: $446,000
Water Utilities: $419,000
Sewerage: $385,000
Financial Administration: $317,000
Parks & Recreation: $303,000
Regular Highways: $259,000
General - Other: $85,000
General Public Buildings: $80,000
Libraries: $73,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $29,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $14,000
Air Transportation: $7,000
Housing & Community Development: $3,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $219,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $24,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,105,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $3,805,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $300,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $208,000
General Revenue, NEC: $140,000
Rents: $9,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $43,000
Police Protection: $30,000
Fire Protection: $22,000
Parks & Recreation: $20,000
Regular Highways: $7,000
Central Staff: $5,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,000
General - Other: $2,000
Libraries: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $6,959,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $5,530,000
Water Utilities: $610,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $525,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $482,000
Property: $152,000
Public Utilities: $133,000
NEC: $27,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $1,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $2,308,000
6.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,685 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.28% | | Texas average: | 8.37% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.16% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,335 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.16% | | Texas average: | 7.44% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Yoakum:
- KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KTMR (1130 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EDNA, TX; Owner: SIGA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
- KILE (1560 AM; 50 kW; BELLAIRE, TX; Owner: THE RAFTT CORPORATION)
- KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KSAH (720 AM; 10 kW; UNIVERSAL CITY, TX; Owner: KSAH LICENSING, INC.)
- KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KENS (1160 AM; 25 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: KENS-TV, INC.)
- KQQA (1530 AM; 10 kW; CREEDMOOR, TX; Owner: YELLOW ROSE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KDRY (1100 AM; 11 kW; ALAMO HEIGHTS, TX; Owner: KDRY RADIO, INC.)
- KSEV (700 AM; 15 kW; TOMBALL, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Yoakum:
- KYKM (92.5 FM; YOAKUM, TX; Owner: LAGRANGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KTXM (99.9 FM; HALLETTSVILLE, TX; Owner: LAGRANGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KTXN-FM (98.7 FM; VICTORIA, TX; Owner: COSMOPOLITAN ENTERPRISES OF VICTORIA)
- WKSQ (94.5 FM; ELLSWORTH, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Yoakum:
- KAVU-TV (Channel 25; VICTORIA, TX; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KVCT (Channel 19; VICTORIA, TX; Owner: SURTSEY PRODUCTIONS, INC.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Yoakum, Texas:
- Fatal accident count: 12
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 16
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
- Fatalities: 12
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 27
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Texas average:
- Fatal accident count: 164
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 248
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 46
- Fatalities: 181
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 430
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 23
See more detailed statistics of Yoakum fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Yoakum)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 9 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4- Sh51 Loop & Tozik St, Type: Pipe, Structure height: 12 m, Call Sign: WPPG599, Licensee ID: L00003043
2.32740 MHz, 2.42040 MHz, 2.42040 MHz, 2.42340 MHz, 2.42340 MHz, 2.58840 MHz, 2.58840 MHz, 2.80240 MHz, 2.80240 MHz, 2.80540 MHz... (+17 more) Grant Date: 09/11/2004, Expiration Date: 12/09/2014, Certifier: Richard Herndon
Registrant: State Of; Texas Dept. Of Transportation Texas, 125 E. 11th Street, Austin, TX 78701-2483, Phone: (512) 506-5141, Fax: (512) 506-5135, Email:
- 9.5 Mi Sw Hallettsville 9 Mi S Hwy 77, Call Sign: KNDU456, Licensee ID: L00100480
Assigned Frequencies : 461.500 MHz Grant Date: 07/08/1997, Expiration Date: 09/14/2002, Cancelation Date: 02/22/2002
Registrant: K Kaiser, 1310 W Grand Ave, Yoakum, TX 77995, Phone: (512) 293-2040 - 9 Mi S Hwy 77 9.5 Mi Sw Hallettsville, Call Sign: KNGL431
Assigned Frequencies : 461.500 MHz Grant Date: 06/16/1998, Expiration Date: 06/01/2003, Cancelation Date: 02/28/2002
Registrant: Leroy Janak, Rr 4 Box 261e, Hallettsville, TX 77964 - Hwy 682 5 Mi Se, Call Sign: KQB885
Assigned Frequencies : 451.975 MHz, 451.975 MHz, 456.975 MHz, 456.975 MHz Grant Date: 02/05/1998, Expiration Date: 03/23/2003, Cancelation Date: 05/13/2002
Registrant: W H Kuester, Rt 3 Box 200, Yoakum, TX 77995
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5- Yoakum, 0.72 Mi Sw Of Int Of Hwy 77 And Hwy Loop 51, Type: Tower, Structure height: 31.4 m, Call Sign: WNEQ332
Assigned Frequencies : 6820.00 MHz Grant Date: 12/02/2002, Expiration Date: 10/30/2012
Registrant: Lower Colorado River Authority, 3505 Montopolis Drive, Austin, TX 78744-1499, Phone: (512) 356-6075, Fax: (512) 356-6424, Email:
- STATION, 900 Irvine St, Overall height: 39.3 m, Call Sign: WNTK703
Assigned Frequencies : 952.368 MHz, 928.368 MHz Grant Date: 06/29/2001, Expiration Date: 08/29/2011
Registrant: Phone: (202) 331-9495 - Yoakum, TX, 6.5 Miles South Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 61 m, Call Sign: WQGL488
Assigned Frequencies : 932.256 MHz, 941.256 MHz Grant Date: 02/22/2007, Expiration Date: 02/22/2017, Certifier: Robert Knievel
Registrant: Knight Inc, 370 Van Gordon St, Lakewood, CO 80228, Phone: (303) 763-2922, Fax: (303) 763-2920, Email:
- STATION, 6.5 Mi S Of, Overall height: 61 m, Call Sign: WHH877
Assigned Frequencies : 957.600 MHz Grant Date: 11/06/2007, Expiration Date: 12/31/2017, Certifier: Joseph Listengart
Registrant: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, 2000 K Street Nw, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 828-5829, Fax: (202) 857-2116, Email:
- 216 W May St, Overall height: 19.5 m, Call Sign: WLI653
Assigned Frequencies : 944.625 MHz, 944.375 MHz Grant Date: 12/05/1988, Expiration Date: 08/01/2013
Registrant: Kremling Enterprises, Inc., 111 North Main Street, Hallettsville, TX 77964
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1- Highway 111, 4.03 Km West Of, Overall height: 121.9 m, Call Sign: KNKL751
Assigned Frequencies : 931.512 MHz Grant Date: 06/14/1999, Expiration Date: 04/01/2009, Cancelation Date: 10/29/2004, Certifier: Kenneth Goldstein
Registrant: Alston & Bird LLP, 601 Pennsylvania Ave., Nw, North Building, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20004, Phone: (202) 756-3376, Fax: (202) 756-3333, Email:
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1- Yoakum Municipal Airport, Type: Tower, Call Sign: WRLB2688
Assigned Frequencies : 0.35051 MHz Grant Date: 05/24/2006, Expiration Date: 04/18/2016
Registrant: City Of Yoakum, 900 Irvine St., Yoakum, TX 77995, Phone: (361) 293-5234, Fax: (361) 293-3785, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 27 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Yoakum)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 6- Aircraft: CESSNA 172S (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 106VK , Serial Number: 172S9051, Year manufactured: 2002, Airworthiness Date: 03/04/2002
Registrant (Individual): Thomas L Jr Jones, 2509 County Road 318, Yoakum, TX 77995 - Aircraft: STINSON 108-3 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 94 mph), Engine: FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 108JP , Serial Number: 108-4514, Year manufactured: 1949, Airworthiness Date: 12/09/1955
Registrant (Individual): Ulrika A Pearson, 1200 Cr 318, Yoakum, TX 77995 - Aircraft: CESSNA 172A (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7624T , Serial Number: 47224, Year manufactured: 1960, Airworthiness Date: 01/29/1960
Registrant (Individual): Eric R Pearson, 1200 Cr 318, Yoakum, TX 77995 - Aircraft: CESSNA 150F (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7903F , Serial Number: 15064003, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 05/03/1966
Registrant (Individual): Dennis R Bartels, Rr 4 Box 165e, Yoakum, TX 77995 - Aircraft: MOONEY M20F (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9536M , Serial Number: 670113, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 11/01/1966
Registrant (Individual): Carroll E Jr Carter, 410 Lott St, Yoakum, TX 77995 - Aircraft: CESSNA 182Q (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 112 mph), Engine: Reciprocating
N-Number: 97814 , Serial Number: 18267204, Airworthiness Date: 08/18/1979
Registrant (Co-Owned): Nancy A Hoffman, 1200 County Road 318, Yoakum, TX 77995, Other Owners: A Bowman Sr Hoffman
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 75
- Hazardous Condition: 18
- Service Call: 5
- Good Intent Call: 1
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Yoakum, TX
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