County population in 2016: 28,052 (31% urban, 69% rural); it was 23,552 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 3,264 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 3,568 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 6,032 Renter-occupied apartments: 2,070 (it was 1,721 in 2000)
% of renters here:
22%
State:
36%
Land area: 794 sq. mi.
Water area: 7.6 sq. mi.
Population density: 35 people per square mile (low).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Grimes County: 80.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Estimated median household income in 2016: $49,445 ($32,280 in 1999)
This county:
$49,445
Texas:
$56,565
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $476 (lower quartile is $366, upper quartile is $728)
This county:
$476
State:
$809
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $119,739 (it was $57,100 in 2000)
Grimes:
$119,739
Texas:
$161,500
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $66,067 - $227,002 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,133 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $405
Institutionalized population: 2,943
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 1
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 3
Assaults: 28
Burglaries: 161
Thefts: 206
Auto thefts: 17
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 2
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 3
Assaults: 12
Burglaries: 117
Thefts: 82
Auto thefts: 18
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,654 (1.2%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,141 (1.0%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 19.0%
Grimes County:
19.0%
Texas:
15.6%
(14.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 36.8% for Black residents, 18.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 12.1% for American Indian residents, 10.8% for other race residents, 12.0% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 40.8 years old
(Males: 39.5 years old, Females: 41.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 46.9 years old, Black residents: 36.8 years old, American Indian residents: 35.5 years old, Asian residents: 32.9 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 29.3 years old, Other race residents: 30.0 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Grimes County is $471 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $525 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $684 a month.
Current college students: 787 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.7% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,571 (25.1% naturalized citizens)
Grimes County:
9.2%
Whole state:
17.0%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 266
2000 to 2009: 801
1990 to 1999: 588
1980 to 1989: 430
1970 to 1979: 124
Before 1970: 125
Note: State values scaled to Grimes County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 32.4 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 55.3%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,627
One, attached: 52
Two: 260
3 or 4: 139
5 to 9: 65
10 to 19: 34
20 to 49: 42
50 or more: 69
Mobile homes: 2,929
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 43
Housing units in Grimes County with a mortgage: 2,588 (16 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 4,525
Here:
33.3% with mortgage
State:
57.8% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Grimes County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Catholic
7,123
4
Evangelical Protestant
4,622
26
Mainline Protestant
965
13
Other
298
4
None
13,596
-
Grimes County Religion Details
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:
Number of grocery stores: 4
Grimes County:
1.56 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3
This county:
1.17 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 15
Grimes County:
5.85 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 6
This county:
2.34 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Grimes County:
10.6%
Texas:
8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Grimes County:
28.0%
State:
26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
15.7%
State:
15.7%
Agriculture in Grimes County:
Average size of farms: 243 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $18,659 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $112.75 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.05% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 85.81% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $21,483 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 9.65% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 4.76% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $28,559 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.72% Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 20.95 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.51% Vegetables: 274 harvested acres Land in orchards: 237 acres
Earthquake activity:
Grimes County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 89% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 331.2 miles away from Grimes County center On 4/9/1993 at 12:29:19, a magnitude 4.3 (4.1 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 172.7 miles away from the county center On 4/14/1995 at 00:32:56, a magnitude 5.7 (5.6 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, Depth: 11.1 mi) earthquake occurred 440.1 miles away from the county center On 2/10/2006 at 04:14:22, a magnitude 5.3 (4.2 MB, 5.3 MS, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 394.7 miles away from the county center On 4/7/2008 at 09:51:12, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, 3.9 MW, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 163.6 miles away from Grimes County center On 9/6/1997 at 23:38:00, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 LG, 4.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 289.9 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
Texas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 22, 2016 to June 24, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4272: June 11, 2016, FEMA Id: 4272, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
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 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 Riley Road Fire, Incident Period: September 05, 2011 to October 02, 2011, Fire Management Assistance Declared: September 06, 2011, FEMA Id: 2964, Natural disaster type: Fire
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 Dyer Mill Fire, Incident Period: June 19, 2011 to July 06, 2011, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 20, 2011, FEMA Id: 2927, 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 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
6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Grimes County (16) is greater than the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9 Emergencies Declared: 5
Causes of natural disasters: Fires: 6, Floods: 6, Storms: 6, Hurricanes: 4, Tornadoes: 2, Wind: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
Transportation occupations (8%)
Office and administrative support occupations (5%)
Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
Sales and related occupations (13%)
Management occupations (10%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (10%)
Education, training, and library occupations (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Healthcare support occupations (6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (83%)
Germany (2%)
El Salvador (2%)
Colombia (2%)
Honduras (1%)
Africa, n.e.c. (1%)
Greece (1%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grimes County (%):
German (11%)
American (8%)
Irish (4%)
English (3%)
Polish (3%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)
French (except Basque) (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 6,053 (73.5%)
Carpooled: 1,588 (19.3%)
Ferryboat: 11 (0.1%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 37 (0.4%)
Walked: 121 (1.5%)
Worked at home: 396 (4.8%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Grimes County, Texas in 2000:
2,467 people in state prisons
217 people in nursing homes
41 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
People in group quarters in Grimes County, Texas in 2010:
2,736 people in state prisons
207 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
69 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $43,768.
8.20% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($39,395 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
8.20%
Texas average:
7.14%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.82% relocated from other counties in Texas ($32,003 average AGI)
1.38% relocated from other states ($7,392 average AGI)
Grimes County:
1.38%
Texas average:
2.49%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
7.96% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($29,971 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.96%
Texas average:
6.69%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.90% relocated to other counties in Texas ($26,440 average AGI)
1.06% relocated to other states ($3,530 average AGI)
Grimes County:
1.06%
Texas average:
2.01%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Grimes County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 3,665 (3,064 aged, 601 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,267 (21%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Grimes County, Texas in 1999 - 2014:
Atherosclerotic heart disease (399)
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (282)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (256)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (116)
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (112)
Congestive heart failure (100)
Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (77)
Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (61)
Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (50)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 3.96 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 2,956 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 99 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 22,753
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,330 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 826 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 8
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 17 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 56
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 4
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 162.2. This is more than state average.
Household type by relationship:
Households: 28,052
In family households: 21,192 (3,170 male householders, 3,195 female householders)
4,461 spouses, 7,430 children (6,770 natural, 358 adopted, 313 stepchildren), 1,206 grandchildren, 242 brothers or sisters, 175 parents, 952 other relatives, 327 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,348 (1,485 male householders (1,251 living alone)), 1,395 female householders (1,267 living alone)), 461 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,448
Size of family households: 2,944 2-persons, 1,414 3-persons, 911 4-persons, 616 5-persons, 233 6-persons, 249 7-or-more-persons.
2,885 married couples with children.
2,052 single-parent households (434 men, 1,618 women).
80.6% of residents of Grimes speak English at home.
18.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (26% speak English very well, 74% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $117,053,000 ($4,637 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $2,975,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $50,061,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $26,640,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $169,000 Federal grants: $34,882,000 Federal procurement contracts: $2,114,000 ($888,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $3,186,000 ($72,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $27,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,811,000 Federal Government insurance: $9,463,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,714
Here:
68 per 1000 residents
State:
85 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 1,275
Here:
51 per 1000 residents
State:
35 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +155
Here:
+6 per 1000 residents
State:
+29 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +1,088
Here:
+43 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Grimes County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.41 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
5.6
State:
6.2
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.8
State:
4.1
Year house built
2014 or later: 310
2010 to 2013: 649
2000 to 2009: 2,027
1990 to 1999: 2,151
1980 to 1989: 1,925
1970 to 1979: 1,805
1960 to 1969: 907
1950 to 1959: 712
1940 to 1949: 287
1939 or earlier: 518
Note: State values scaled to Grimes population
Rooms in houses/apartments in Grimes County, Texas
Note: State values scaled to Grimes County population
no vehicle: 273
1 vehicle: 1,685
2 vehicles: 3,021
3 vehicles: 1,337
4 vehicles: 504
5+ vehicles: 219
no vehicle: 210
1 vehicle: 913
2 vehicles: 884
3 vehicles: 55
4 vehicles: 93
5+ vehicles: 0
88% of Grimes 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, 91% lived in Texas.
Grimes County:
87.7%
State average:
84.1%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 20,634
Other state: 4,630
Northeast: 710
Midwest: 1,154
South: 1,748
West: 1,012
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