Gregg County, Texas (TX)

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• • 73,48466.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 26,07623.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 23,60221.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,9191.7%Asian alone
  • 1,8731.7%Two or more races
  • 5470.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2450.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 1490.1%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $227,632

Here:	$227,632
State:	$242,762

Townhouses or other attached units: $195,130

Here:	$195,130
State:	$241,439

In 2-unit structures: $50,405

Here:	$50,405
State:	$179,198

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $177,317

Here:	$177,317
State:	$206,604

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $88,305

Here:	$88,305
State:	$271,582

Mobile homes: $65,933

Here:	$65,933
State:	$77,722

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $15,515

Here:	$15,515
State:	$60,875

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 12
• Robberies: 8
• Assaults: 41
• Burglaries: 191
• Thefts: 578
• Auto thefts: 68

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 17
• Robberies: 10
• Assaults: 40
• Burglaries: 234
• Thefts: 671
• Auto thefts: 95

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $1,943 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $1,654 (1.3%)

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.

2018 air pollution in Gregg County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.026 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 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 .

Current college students: 5,017
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 10,807 (21.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,8852010 or later
• 3,7932000 to 2009
• 2,9091990 to 1999
• 1,3891980 to 1989
• 7861970 to 1979
• 476Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 33,361
• One, attached: 903
• Two: 2,800
• 3 or 4: 2,662
• 5 to 9: 1,394
• 10 to 19: 2,261
• 20 to 49: 927
• 50 or more: 1,734
• Mobile homes: 5,780
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 147

Housing units in Gregg County with a mortgage: 12,029 (0 second mortgage, 417 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14,994

Religion statistics for Gregg County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Gregg County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• Texas Extreme Fire Hazards, Incident Period: August 01, 1999 to December 10, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3142: September 01, 1999, FEMA Id: 3142, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.62% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,029 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.97% relocated from other counties in Texas ($34,546 average AGI)
1.65% relocated from other states ($11,483 average AGI)

Gregg County:	1.65%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Harrison County, TX	1.08% ($44,313 average AGI)
from Upshur County, TX	0.87% ($43,485)
from Rusk County, TX	0.82% ($44,607)
from Smith County, TX	0.59% ($38,099)
from Dallas County, TX	0.23% ($39,406)
from Harris County, TX	0.17% ($54,519)
from Panola County, TX	0.15% ($44,514)

8.77% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,814 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.18% relocated to other counties in Texas ($37,479 average AGI)
1.59% relocated to other states ($8,336 average AGI)

Gregg County:	1.59%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Harrison County, TX	1.21% ($55,105 average AGI)
to Upshur County, TX	1.08% ($45,674)
to Rusk County, TX	0.87% ($41,274)
to Smith County, TX	0.77% ($43,919)
to Dallas County, TX	0.46% ($31,793)
to Tarrant County, TX	0.30% ($45,741)
to Harris County, TX	0.28% ($32,641)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.5
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 16.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Gregg County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 99,840 (13,139 male householders, 15,721 female householders)

  19,985 spouses, 39,919 children (37,964 natural, 1,078 adopted, 877 stepchildren), 2,747 grandchildren, 2,083 brothers or sisters, 1,584 parents, 1,844 other relatives, 2,818 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 18,550 (7,500 male householders (6,512 living alone)), 7,778 female householders (6,836 living alone)), 3,272 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 4,977

Size of family households: 11,485 2-persons, 7,792 3-persons, 5,418 4-persons, 2,803 5-persons, 1,045 6-persons, 317 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,348 1-person, 1,429 2-persons, 501 3-persons.

19,496 married couples with children.
9,916 single-parent households (1,677 men, 8,239 women).

83.1% of residents of Gregg speak English at home.
14.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% 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:

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)

• Year house built in Gregg County, Texas
• 9062014 or later
• 1,1662010 to 2013
• 4,6412000 to 2009
• 9,3131990 to 1999
• 9,3601980 to 1989
• 10,3281970 to 1979
• 6,2211960 to 1969
• 5,4691950 to 1959
• 2,0081940 to 1949
• 2,5571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Gregg County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Gregg County, Texas
• 01 room
• 3272 rooms
• 1733 rooms
• 1,9484 rooms
• 6,5045 rooms
• 7,6786 rooms
• 4,4837 rooms
• 2,9478 rooms
• 2,9639+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gregg County, Texas
• 6031 room
• 6062 rooms
• 4,0293 rooms
• 5,0174 rooms
• 3,0225 rooms
• 1,8766 rooms
• 9857 rooms
• 7318 rooms
• 2469+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Gregg County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Gregg County, Texas
• 0no bedroom
• 5721 bedroom
• 3,2952 bedrooms
• 18,7133 bedrooms
• 3,7284 bedrooms
• 7155+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gregg County, Texas
• 603no bedroom
• 4,3851 bedroom
• 6,8932 bedrooms
• 4,0013 bedrooms
• 1,2334 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Gregg County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 783no vehicle
• 6,9651 vehicle
• 12,4882 vehicles
• 4,8333 vehicles
• 1,4474 vehicles
• 5075+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Gregg County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,389no vehicle
• 9,8351 vehicle
• 3,8762 vehicles
• 7003 vehicles
• 3154 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

82.1% of Gregg County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 86,507
• Other state: 24,765
• Northeast: 2,259
• Midwest: 5,860
• South: 11,618
• West: 5,028

Private vs. public school enrollment:

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

Gregg County on our top lists:

• #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"