Anderson County, Texas (TX)

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• • 34,27958.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 12,52621.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 10,66018.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8951.5%Two or more races
  • 3420.6%Asian alone
  • 1970.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 150.03%Some other race alone
  • 80.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 76
• Burglaries: 201
• Thefts: 235
• Auto thefts: 24

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 62
• Burglaries: 174
• Thefts: 212
• Auto thefts: 53

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,928 (1.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,179 (1.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Anderson County is $453 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $522 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $687 a month.

Cities in this county include: Montalba-Tennessee Colony, Palestine, Elkhart, Frankston, Cayuga.

Neighboring counties: Andrews County , Bacon County, Georgia , Ector County , Houston County , Martin County , Runnels County .

Current college students: 1,438
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,490 (37.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8152010 or later
• 8222000 to 2009
• 8011990 to 1999
• 6431980 to 1989
• 2511970 to 1979
• 71Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,106
• One, attached: 81
• Two: 77
• 3 or 4: 518
• 5 to 9: 402
• 10 to 19: 487
• 20 to 49: 101
• 50 or more: 245
• Mobile homes: 4,743
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 128

Housing units in Anderson County with a mortgage: 4,844 (19 second mortgage, 66 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,201

Religion statistics for Anderson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Anderson County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
• Texas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 17, 2016 to April 30, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4269: April 25, 2016, FEMA Id: 4269, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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 Wildfires, Incident Period: March 14, 2008 to September 01, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3284: March 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 3284, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 16, 2007 to August 03, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1709: June 29, 2007, FEMA Id: 1709, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Texas Extreme Wildfire Threat, Incident Period: November 27, 2005 to May 14, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1624: January 11, 2006, FEMA Id: 1624, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 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
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.19% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($59,106 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.76% relocated from other counties in Texas ($50,391 average AGI)
1.43% relocated from other states ($8,715 average AGI)

Anderson County:	1.43%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Smith County, TX	0.67% ($40,972 average AGI)
from Henderson County, TX	0.62% ($40,566)
from Harris County, TX	0.47% ($66,267)
from Dallas County, TX	0.42% ($34,104)
from Cherokee County, TX	0.37% ($37,000)
from Houston County, TX	0.22% ($34,111)
from Tarrant County, TX	0.22% ($53,229)

6.88% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($48,136 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.80% relocated to other counties in Texas ($41,498 average AGI)
1.08% relocated to other states ($6,639 average AGI)

Anderson County:	1.08%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Smith County, TX	0.75% ($38,622 average AGI)
to Henderson County, TX	0.63% ($46,890)
to Dallas County, TX	0.39% ($30,127)
to Harris County, TX	0.38% ($33,262)
to Cherokee County, TX	0.31% ($38,520)
to Tarrant County, TX	0.28% ($33,773)
to Houston County, TX	0.23% ($39,351)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Anderson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,253 (2,039 living alone), Female householders: 8,930 (2,623 living alone)

• 8,705 spouses (8,687 opposite-sex spouses), 1,085 unmarried partners, (1,080 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,532 children (11,960 natural, 524 adopted, 1,069 stepchildren), 1,961 grandchildren, 461 brothers or sisters, 513 parents, 42 foster children, 1,022 other relatives, 1,043 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 13,467

Size of family households: 5,627 2-persons, 2,650 3-persons, 2,027 4-persons, 1,116 5-persons, 298 6-persons, 139 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,663 1-person, 625 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 2 5-persons.

6,065 married couples with children.
3,477 single-parent households (913 men, 2,564 women).

85.2% of residents of Anderson speak English at home.
13.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $280,345,000 ($4,996 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,249,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $128,900,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $74,049,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $162,000
Federal grants: $65,563,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,405,000 ($59,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,266,000 ($273,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $715,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $11,181,000
Federal Government insurance: $5,944,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.44 millions of gallons per day (49% from ground, 51% from surface)

• Year house built in Anderson County, Texas
• 1,1392014 or later
• 5612010 to 2013
• 3,4542000 to 2009
• 3,4181990 to 1999
• 3,5721980 to 1989
• 2,8751970 to 1979
• 1,9751960 to 1969
• 1,7491950 to 1959
• 7741940 to 1949
• 1,2941939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Anderson County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Anderson County, Texas
• 161 room
• 1092 rooms
• 2613 rooms
• 1,3234 rooms
• 3,7445 rooms
• 2,8476 rooms
• 1,8367 rooms
• 9738 rooms
• 8199+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anderson County, Texas
• 1251 room
• 3052 rooms
• 6783 rooms
• 1,3014 rooms
• 1,3665 rooms
• 9456 rooms
• 3127 rooms
• 688 rooms
• 759+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Anderson County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Anderson County, Texas
• 16no bedroom
• 3721 bedroom
• 2,3462 bedrooms
• 7,1203 bedrooms
• 1,8034 bedrooms
• 2165+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anderson County, Texas
• 133no bedroom
• 8531 bedroom
• 2,1142 bedrooms
• 1,8273 bedrooms
• 2364 bedrooms
• 205+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Anderson County, Texas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Anderson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 354no vehicle
• 3,3501 vehicle
• 4,9732 vehicles
• 2,1823 vehicles
• 7984 vehicles
• 2575+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Anderson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 648no vehicle
• 2,6321 vehicle
• 1,6052 vehicles
• 2423 vehicles
• 924 vehicles
• 55+ vehicles

84.8% of Anderson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Texas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 45,285
• Other state: 9,916
• Northeast: 727
• Midwest: 2,201
• South: 4,216
• West: 2,783

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,250
• Number of aged recipients: 202
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,048
• Number of recipients under 18: 223
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 695
• Number of recipients older than 64: 332
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 502
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 486

Anderson County on our top lists:

• #34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"