Bowie County, Texas (TX)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 10,351
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 23,449
Renter-occupied apartments: 11,938 (it was 9,609 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 29% |
State: | 36% |
Land area: 888 sq. mi.
Water area: 34.9 sq. mi.
Population density: 104 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (24.4%), Retail trade (13.5%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 77%
- Government: 19%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 56,23861.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 23,50025.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 7,8758.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 2,0692.2%Two or more races
- 1,1511.3%Asian alone
- 7190.8%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 3120.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 1710.2%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 39.6 years |
Texas median age: | 35.6 years |
Males: 45,528 | (49.5%) |
Females: 46,507 | (50.5%) |
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Bowie County: | 2.0 people |
Texas: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $49,771 ($33,001 in 1999)
This county: | $49,771 |
Texas: | $72,284 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $655 (lower quartile is $528, upper quartile is $856)
This county: | $655 |
State: | $1117 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $173,500 (it was $61,600 in 2000)
Bowie: | $173,500 |
Texas: | $275,400 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,469Detached houses: $264,932
Here: $264,932 State: $369,058 Townhouses or other attached units: $219,325
Here: $219,325 State: $327,631 In 2-unit structures: $515,302
Here: $515,302 State: $374,947 Mobile homes: $79,999
Here: $79,999 State: $124,413 Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $36,125
Here: $36,125 State: $73,921
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $490
Institutionalized population: 6,028
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 18
- Robberies: 3
- Assaults: 60
- Burglaries: 80
- Thefts: 196
- Auto thefts: 60
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 13
- Robberies: 3
- Assaults: 43
- Burglaries: 104
- Thefts: 114
- Auto thefts: 60
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 94 buildings, average cost: $222,000
- 2021: 229 buildings, average cost: $155,800
- 2020: 68 buildings, average cost: $226,100
- 2019: 50 buildings, average cost: $217,400
- 2018: 52 buildings, average cost: $208,100
- 2017: 53 buildings, average cost: $166,300
- 2016: 73 buildings, average cost: $183,700
- 2015: 25 buildings, average cost: $251,600
- 2014: 93 buildings, average cost: $88,500
- 2013: 56 buildings, average cost: $146,600
- 2012: 73 buildings, average cost: $121,000
- 2011: 46 buildings, average cost: $143,700
- 2010: 61 buildings, average cost: $147,800
- 2009: 172 buildings, average cost: $101,100
- 2008: 76 buildings, average cost: $100,500
- 2007: 134 buildings, average cost: $76,200
- 2006: 99 buildings, average cost: $117,600
- 2005: 136 buildings, average cost: $119,400
- 2004: 154 buildings, average cost: $100,000
- 2003: 145 buildings, average cost: $117,900
- 2002: 124 buildings, average cost: $85,800
- 2001: 115 buildings, average cost: $99,400
- 2000: 102 buildings, average cost: $81,500
- 1999: 117 buildings, average cost: $69,700
- 1998: 78 buildings, average cost: $59,900
- 1997: 122 buildings, average cost: $65,400
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,866 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,567 (1.0%)
Bowie County: | 19.1% |
Texas: | 14.0% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 39.6 years old
(Males: 39.2 years old, Females: 40.0 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.2 years old, Black residents: 34.1 years old, American Indian residents: 70.6 years old, Asian residents: 68.7 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26.5 years old, Other race residents: 20.9 years old)
Area name: Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bowie County is $426 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $525 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $641 a month.
Cities in this county include: Texarkana, Maud-Elliot Creek, Wake Village, New Boston, Hooks, Dalby Springs-Simms, Nash, De Kalb, Maud, Redwater.
2023 air pollution in Bowie County:
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 10.0 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring counties: Calhoun County, Arkansas , Love County, Oklahoma , Douglas County, Georgia , Throckmorton County , Yoakum County .
Here: | 3.5% |
Texas: | 3.5% |
Current college students: 3,226
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,623 (36.7% naturalized citizens)
Bowie County: | 3.9% |
Whole state: | 17.2% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1,2262010 or later
- 1,2682000 to 2009
- 6251990 to 1999
- 3031980 to 1989
- 2551970 to 1979
- 238Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 28,343
- One, attached: 571
- Two: 1,239
- 3 or 4: 1,653
- 5 to 9: 1,625
- 10 to 19: 787
- 20 to 49: 403
- 50 or more: 1,078
- Mobile homes: 4,259
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 52
Housing units in Bowie County with a mortgage: 10,862 (205 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 127 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 32
Here: | 23.8% with mortgage |
State: | 98.4% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Bowie County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 40,890 | 137 |
Mainline Protestant | 6,979 | 30 |
Black Protestant | 3,775 | 21 |
Catholic | 3,600 | 2 |
Other | 1,442 | 8 |
None | 35,879 | - |
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:
Bowie County: | 1.64 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.22 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.44 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 1.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Bowie County: | 5.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 4.92 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Bowie County: | 9.5% |
Texas: | 8.9% |
Bowie County: | 29.6% |
State: | 26.6% |
Here: | 14.1% |
State: | 15.7% |
Agriculture in Bowie County:
Average size of farms: 230 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $27,929
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $112.05
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 4.44%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 81.53%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $27,037
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 20.02%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 5.68%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $36,549
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.76%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 20.86
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.35%
Corn for grain: 9490 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 4245 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 7721 harvested acres
Vegetables: 150 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 2,615 acres
Earthquake activity:
Bowie County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Texas state average. It is 460% greater than the overall U.S. average.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 203.8 miles away from Bowie County center
On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi) earthquake occurred 256.4 miles away from the county center
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 104.8 miles away from the county center
On 2/28/2011 at 05:00:50, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MW, Depth: 2.0 mi) earthquake occurred 166.6 miles away from the county center
On 1/21/1982 at 00:33:54, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 167.2 miles away from Bowie County center
On 5/4/2001 at 06:42:12, a magnitude 4.7 (4.2 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 169.5 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), 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, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2015 to June 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4223: May 29, 2015, FEMA Id: 4223, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- 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 Gustav, Incident Period: August 27, 2008 to September 07, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3290: August 29, 2008, FEMA Id: 3290, 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 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
- 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Bowie County (18) is near the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 8
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 6, Fires: 4, Floods: 4, Storms: 4, Tornadoes: 3, Heavy Rain: 1, Wind: 1, 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: 36,622 (80.9%)
- Carpooled: 4,139 (9.1%)
- Bus: 110 (0.2%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 15 (0.0%)
- Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 5 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 358 (0.8%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0.0%)
- Walked: 364 (0.8%)
- Worked at home: 2,321 (5.1%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Retail trade (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Sales and related occupations (16%)
- Production occupations (15%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (9%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Material moving occupations (5%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (25%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (12%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Mexico (45%)
- Iran (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- India (6%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Germany (2%)
- Hong Kong (2%)
- American (45%)
- English (6%)
- African (4%)
- German (3%)
- Irish (3%)
- Scottish (1%)
- European (1%)
People in group quarters in Bowie County, Texas in 2010:
- 2,759 people in state prisons
- 1,671 people in federal prisons
- 799 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 683 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 102 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 100 people in correctional residential facilities
- 41 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 35 people in group homes intended for adults
- 16 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
People in group quarters in Bowie County, Texas in 2000:
- 4,589 people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 863 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 848 people in nursing homes
- 203 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 72 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 71 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 41 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 33 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 27 people in other group homes
- 24 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 7 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
7.77% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($45,911 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.77% |
Texas average: | 8.12% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.97% relocated from other counties in Texas ($18,057 average AGI)
4.80% relocated from other states ($27,854 average AGI)
Bowie County: 4.80% Texas average: 2.83%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Miller County, AR | 1.92% ($38,668 average AGI) |
from Cass County, TX | 0.41% ($36,050) |
from Dallas County, TX | 0.27% ($35,522) |
from Tarrant County, TX | 0.25% ($48,494) |
from Little River County, AR | 0.16% ($46,741) |
from Hempstead County, AR | 0.15% ($30,098) |
from Collin County, TX | 0.13% ($72,045) |
7.70% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($40,762 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.70% |
Texas average: | 7.40% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.07% relocated to other counties in Texas ($16,884 average AGI)
4.63% relocated to other states ($23,879 average AGI)
Bowie County: 4.63% Texas average: 2.08%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Miller County, AR | 1.97% ($34,713 average AGI) |
to Cass County, TX | 0.43% ($44,710) |
to Dallas County, TX | 0.33% ($48,737) |
to Tarrant County, TX | 0.30% ($43,379) |
to Little River County, AR | 0.14% ($32,531) |
to Collin County, TX | 0.13% ($66,239) |
to Harris County, TX | 0.13% ($49,022) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 8.8%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 15,060 (11,934 aged, 3,126 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 2,848 (13%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Bowie County, Texas in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (2,402)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,394)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,033)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (914)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (765)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (754)
- Congestive heart failure (465)
- Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (338)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (319)
- Unspecified dementia (298)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 28,816
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 517
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 113,800
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,236
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,055
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 46
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 102
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 8
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 98.8. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 60.5
- Other - 38.2
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 122.7. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 76.5
- Other - 46.2
Household type by relationship:
Households: 92,035- Male householders: 14,837 (4,453 living alone), Female householders: 20,632 (7,730 living alone)
16,559 spouses (16,559 opposite-sex spouses), 859 unmarried partners, (859 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 25,952 children (24,568 natural, 969 adopted, 415 stepchildren), 2,474 grandchildren, 642 brothers or sisters, 672 parents, 140 foster children, 2,689 other relatives, 1,333 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 5,246
Size of family households: 11,337 2-persons, 4,294 3-persons, 3,597 4-persons, 2,054 5-persons, 609 6-persons, 339 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 12,183 1-person, 869 2-persons, 187 3-persons.
12,162 married couples with children.
5,990 single-parent households (796 men, 5,194 women).
93.7% of residents of Bowie speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $811,899,000 ($8,996 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $224,113,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $285,566,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $134,384,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,990,000
Federal grants: $125,706,000
Federal procurement contracts: $143,371,000 ($129,395,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $118,881,000 ($79,725,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,369,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $25,707,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,137,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 6,040Here: | 67 per 1000 residents |
State: | 85 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 5,221
Here: | 58 per 1000 residents |
State: | 35 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +282
Here: | +3 per 1000 residents |
State: | +29 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +348
Here: | +4 per 1000 residents |
State: | +10 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 51.63 millions of gallons per day (0% from ground, 100% from surface)
Here: | 6.1 |
State: | 6.3 |
Here: | 4.1 |
State: | 4.0 |
- Year house built in Bowie County, Texas
- 8252020 or later
- 5,4662010 to 2019
- 4,1592000 to 2009
- 5,3731990 to 1999
- 5,3431980 to 1989
- 7,3221970 to 1979
- 4,8621960 to 1969
- 3,7161950 to 1959
- 1,6951940 to 1949
- 1,2491939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bowie County, Texas
- 01 room
- 1902 rooms
- 6213 rooms
- 1,6184 rooms
- 5,1645 rooms
- 6,4136 rooms
- 3,3787 rooms
- 2,4758 rooms
- 2,6069+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bowie County, Texas
- 6171 room
- 1,1632 rooms
- 2,5533 rooms
- 3,3814 rooms
- 2,7745 rooms
- 1,2736 rooms
- 1,1527 rooms
- 918 rooms
- 09+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bowie County, Texas
- 0no bedroom
- 2501 bedroom
- 2,7662 bedrooms
- 15,1473 bedrooms
- 3,8404 bedrooms
- 4625+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bowie County, Texas
- 882no bedroom
- 3,8371 bedroom
- 3,0182 bedrooms
- 4,9443 bedrooms
- 3234 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Bowie County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 238no vehicle
- 6,7401 vehicle
- 9,8092 vehicles
- 4,2743 vehicles
- 7034 vehicles
- 7015+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Bowie County in renter-occupied apartments
- 2,140no vehicle
- 6,5601 vehicle
- 2,5272 vehicles
- 1,2533 vehicles
- 664 vehicles
- 4585+ vehicles
86.3% of Bowie County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Texas.
Bowie County: | 86.3% |
State average: | 85.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 55,295
- Other state: 32,613
- Northeast: 1,262
- Midwest: 6,109
- South: 20,024
- West: 5,218
- 51.1%Electricity
- 43.5%Utility gas
- 3.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.0%Wood
- 0.5%No fuel used
- 74.5%Electricity
- 23.7%Utility gas
- 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.3%Wood
- 0.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.1%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 6.9% |
Texas: | 8.8% |
Here: | 5.6% |
Texas: | 8.0% |
Here: | 40.3% |
Texas: | 16.2% |
Bowie County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,530,000
- Charges - Other: $9,861,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $7,185,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $8,438,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,690,000
General - Other: $4,929,000
Police Protection: $4,849,000
Regular Highways: $3,151,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,772,000
Corrections - Other: $1,256,000
Financial Administration: $1,007,000
Central Staff Services: $464,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,220,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $35,468,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $34,093,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,375,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $376,000
General Revenue - Other: $83,000
Interest Earnings: $64,000
Sale of Property: $47,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $180,000
Police Protection: $91,000
General - Other: $22,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $9,022,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $143,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,281,000
Other: $368,000
Highways: $99,000
- Tax - Property: $19,213,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,773,000
Other Selective Sales: $200,000
Motor Vehicle License: $47,000
Bowie County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,530,000
- Charges - Other: $9,861,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $7,185,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $8,438,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,690,000
General - Other: $4,929,000
Police Protection: $4,849,000
Regular Highways: $3,151,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,772,000
Corrections - Other: $1,256,000
Financial Administration: $1,007,000
Central Staff Services: $464,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,220,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $35,468,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $34,093,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,375,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $376,000
General Revenue - Other: $83,000
Interest Earnings: $64,000
Sale of Property: $47,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $180,000
Police Protection: $91,000
General - Other: $22,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $9,022,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $143,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,281,000
Other: $368,000
Highways: $99,000
- Tax - Property: $19,213,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,773,000
Other Selective Sales: $200,000
Motor Vehicle License: $47,000
Bowie County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,530,000
- Charges - Other: $9,861,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $7,185,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $8,438,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,690,000
General - Other: $4,929,000
Police Protection: $4,849,000
Regular Highways: $3,151,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,772,000
Corrections - Other: $1,256,000
Financial Administration: $1,007,000
Central Staff Services: $464,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,220,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $35,468,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $34,093,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,375,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $376,000
General Revenue - Other: $83,000
Interest Earnings: $64,000
Sale of Property: $47,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $180,000
Police Protection: $91,000
General - Other: $22,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $9,022,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $143,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,281,000
Other: $368,000
Highways: $99,000
- Tax - Property: $19,213,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,773,000
Other Selective Sales: $200,000
Motor Vehicle License: $47,000
Bowie County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,530,000
- Charges - Other: $9,861,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $7,185,000
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $8,438,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,690,000
General - Other: $4,929,000
Police Protection: $4,849,000
Regular Highways: $3,151,000
Public Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,772,000
Corrections - Other: $1,256,000
Financial Administration: $1,007,000
Central Staff Services: $464,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,220,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $35,468,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $34,093,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,375,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $376,000
General Revenue - Other: $83,000
Interest Earnings: $64,000
Sale of Property: $47,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $180,000
Police Protection: $91,000
General - Other: $22,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $9,022,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $143,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,281,000
Other: $368,000
Highways: $99,000
- Tax - Property: $19,213,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,773,000
Other Selective Sales: $200,000
Motor Vehicle License: $47,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 3,384
- Number of aged recipients: 252
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,132
- Number of recipients under 18: 868
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,980
- Number of recipients older than 64: 536
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,140
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,574
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 17 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 | 359 | $124,047 | 479 | $96,317 | 782 | $119,937 | 109 | $34,752 | 8 | $132,250 | 230 | $64,539 | 126 | $51,778 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 15 | $96,600 | 42 | $93,833 | 73 | $117,877 | 8 | $24,750 | 0 | $0 | 10 | $42,800 | 26 | $57,308 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 43 | $98,465 | 115 | $78,930 | 316 | $101,991 | 153 | $20,634 | 0 | $0 | 36 | $64,500 | 66 | $46,758 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 31 | $107,645 | 36 | $106,361 | 155 | $132,123 | 21 | $84,714 | 0 | $0 | 8 | $111,750 | 10 | $68,100 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 8 | $125,250 | 18 | $131,500 | 51 | $91,843 | 18 | $50,222 | 0 | $0 | 5 | $169,000 | 14 | $65,500 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 12 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 | 39 | $144,359 | 38 | $186,632 | 1 | $58,000 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 7 | $191,429 | 6 | $180,000 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 4 | $82,000 | 3 | $269,333 | 1 | $58,000 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 4 | $153,500 | 2 | $233,500 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 2 | $104,500 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Bowie County, TX among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 797 | 72.5 years |
William | 742 | 74.6 years |
Mary | 658 | 78.4 years |
John | 638 | 74.5 years |
Robert | 439 | 72.3 years |
George | 328 | 75.1 years |
Willie | 308 | 76.8 years |
Charles | 302 | 71.7 years |
Henry | 224 | 76.1 years |
Thomas | 210 | 73.7 years |
Most common last names in Bowie County, TX among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 485 | 74.5 years |
Jones | 330 | 75.4 years |
Williams | 317 | 74.8 years |
Johnson | 312 | 75.5 years |
Brown | 239 | 73.9 years |
Davis | 212 | 76.4 years |
Moore | 158 | 74.7 years |
White | 150 | 75.8 years |
Thompson | 148 | 74.1 years |
Walker | 144 | 74.5 years |
Businesses in Bowie County, TX | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T | 3 | Little Caesars Pizza | 2 | |
Academy Sports + Outdoors | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Ace Hardware | 1 | Marriott | 3 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 2 | |
Aeropostale | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Albertsons | 2 | Mazda | 1 | |
American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | McDonald's | 6 | |
Applebee's | 1 | Motel 6 | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | Motherhood Maternity | 1 | |
Ashley Furniture | 1 | New Balance | 1 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Nike | 10 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Bed Bath & Beyond | 1 | Office Depot | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Old Navy | 1 | |
Burger King | 5 | Olive Garden | 1 | |
Catherines | 1 | On The Border | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 2 | Outback | 1 | |
Chick-Fil-A | 2 | Outback Steakhouse | 1 | |
Chico's | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Chuck E. Cheese's | 1 | Payless | 2 | |
Church's Chicken | 2 | Penske | 1 | |
Cold Stone Creamery | 1 | PetSmart | 1 | |
Coldwater Creek | 1 | Pier 1 Imports | 1 | |
Comfort Suites | 1 | Pizza Hut | 3 | |
Cracker Barrel | 1 | Quiznos | 2 | |
Curves | 1 | RadioShack | 3 | |
DHL | 1 | Ramada | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 4 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
Discount Tire | 1 | Rodeway Inn | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 2 | Ruby Tuesday | 1 | |
Econo Lodge | 1 | Rue21 | 1 | |
FedEx | 9 | SONIC Drive-In | 9 | |
Finish Line | 1 | Sam's Club | 1 | |
GNC | 1 | Sears | 3 | |
GameStop | 3 | Shoe Carnival | 1 | |
Gap | 1 | Spencer Gifts | 1 | |
H&R Block | 4 | Sprint Nextel | 1 | |
Hilton | 1 | Staples | 1 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | Starbucks | 1 | |
Holiday Inn | 3 | Subway | 8 | |
Home Depot | 1 | T-Mobile | 2 | |
Honda | 1 | T.J.Maxx | 1 | |
Hot Topic | 1 | Taco Bell | 5 | |
Howard Johnson | 1 | Target | 1 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
JoS. A. Bank | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
Jones New York | 1 | U-Haul | 8 | |
Journeys | 1 | UPS | 10 | |
Justice | 1 | Vans | 1 | |
KFC | 2 | Verizon Wireless | 1 | |
Kmart | 1 | Victoria's Secret | 1 | |
Kohl's | 1 | Volkswagen | 1 | |
La Quinta | 1 | Waffle House | 2 | |
La-Z-Boy | 4 | Walgreens | 2 | |
Lane Bryant | 1 | Walmart | 2 | |
Lane Furniture | 7 | Wendy's | 3 |
Bowie County on our top lists:
- #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
- #93 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"