Hardin County, Texas (TX)

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County population in 2005: 50,976 (43% urban, 57% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 14,694
Renter-occupied apartments: 3,111

% of renters here:	17%
State:	36%

Land area: 894 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 57 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	11.2%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.4%
Whole state:	6.7%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (18.4%), Manufacturing (14.4%), Retail trade (12.9%), Construction (11.0%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 77%
Government: 15%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Hardin County, Texas business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Hardin County, Texas:

White Non-Hispanic (89.3%)
Black (6.9%)
Hispanic (2.5%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
American Indian (0.8%)
Other race (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	36.0 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 23,630	(49.2%)
Females: 24,443	(50.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,525
County population in 2003: 49,604
Jobs in 2003: 11,326

Hardin County,TX real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 24,457
Unemployment rate in 2004: 7.5%

Average household size:

Hardin County:	2.7 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $39,696 ($37,612 in 2000)

This county	$39,696
Texas:	$42,139

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $103,275

Hardin County	$103,275
Texas:	$106,000

Median montly rent in 2000: $480
Institutionalized population: 404
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Hardin County in 2000: $806

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

Murders: 3
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 44
Burglaries: 161
Thefts: 202
Auto thefts: 71

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

Murders: 1
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 4
Assaults: 47
Burglaries: 127
Thefts: 221
Auto thefts: 54

Hardin County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Hardin County Texas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 72.6%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 27.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $849 (1.1%)

Area name: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hardin County is $477 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $570 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $707 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lumberton, Silsbee, Kountze, Sour Lake, Pinewood Estates, Rose Hill Acres.

Neighboring counties: Jasper County , Jefferson County , Liberty County , Orange County , Polk County , Tyler County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Hardin County: Camp Matigwa (A), Lost Dog Cabin (B), Seth (C), Taylor Camp (D), The Forks (E), Thicket Siding (F), Wildwood Heritage Society Museum (G), Big Thicket Museum (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Hardin County include: Pine Ridge Church (A), All Faith Tabernacle (B), Providence Church (C), Anchor Church (D), Saint Paul Baptist Church (E), Batson Prairie Baptist Church (F), First Baptist Church of Loeb (G), Bible Baptist Church (H), Cunningham Chapel (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Griffin Cemetery (1), Village Mills Cemetery (2), Guedry Cemetery (3), Sutton Cemetery (4), Hook Cemetery (5), Peaceful Rest Cemetery (6), Hooks Cravey Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Cooks Lake (A), Fountain Pond (B), Gore Lake (C), Yellow Lake (D), Laurel Lake (E), Ward Lake (F), Johns Lake (G), Gentry Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sandy Slough (A), Kinky Branch (B), Beech Creek (C), Rock Creek (D), Hickory Creek (E), Hester Branch (F), Beaver Creek (G), Beaumont Creek (H), Pea Monk Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Hardin County include: Big Thicket National Preserve (1), Village Creek State Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.0%
Texas:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 1,418
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 604 (54% naturalized citizens)

Hardin County:	1.3%
Whole state:	13.9%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 70
1990 to 1994: 65
1985 to 1989: 89
1980 to 1984: 106
1975 to 1979: 48
1970 to 1974: 50
1970 to 1974: 37
1965 to 1969: 139

Mean travel time to work: 29.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 40.2%

Hardin County marital status for males

Hardin County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 12,845
One, attached: 110
Two: 220
3 or 4: 130
5 to 9: 177
10 to 19: 117
20 or more: 244
Mobile homes: 5,867
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 126

Housing units in Hardin County with a mortgage: 4,590 (89 second mortgage, 261 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,683

Agriculture in Hardin County
Average size of farms: 133 acres
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $10300
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 10.74%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 12.33%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $21037
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 97.49%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.67
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.76%
Corn for grain: 7 harvested acres
Vegetables: 35 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 115 acres

Hardin County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Texas state average. It is 1.4 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 4 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/23/2004, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and caused $600,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (17%)
Public administration (6%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Chemicals (4%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Mining (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (16%)
Health care (16%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (29%)
India (15%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Germany (8%)
Canada (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Vietnam (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Hardin County:

United States or American (28%)
Irish (11%)
German (9%)
English (8%)
French (except Basque) (7%)
Italian (3%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)

Hardin County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 17,181 (85%)
Carpooled: 2,187 (11%)
Motorcycle: 36 (0%)
Bicycle: 87 (0%)
Walked: 199 (1%)
Other means: 252 (1%)
Worked at home: 372 (2%)

People in group quarters in Hardin County, Texas

323 people in nursing homes
81 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes for the mentally ill
4 people in job corps and vocational training facilities

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $47,744.

8.83% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,580 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.83%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.05% relocated from other counties in Texas ($34,340 average AGI)
1.77% relocated from other states ($8,241 average AGI)
Hardin County: 1.77%
Texas average: 3.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Jefferson County, TX	3.10% ($53,304 average AGI)
from Orange County, TX	0.71% ($32,107)
from Harris County, TX	0.51% ($38,655)
from Jasper County, TX	0.50% ($29,271)
from Tyler County, TX	0.49% ($31,217)
from Liberty County, TX	0.16% ($33,852)
from Jefferson Parish, LA	0.09% ($22,625)

8.71% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,481 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.71%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.98% relocated to other counties in Texas ($25,541 average AGI)
1.73% relocated to other states ($7,940 average AGI)
Hardin County: 1.73%
Texas average: 2.17%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Jefferson County, TX	2.54% ($31,268 average AGI)
to Harris County, TX	0.66% ($40,841)
to Orange County, TX	0.60% ($35,146)
to Tyler County, TX	0.49% ($33,964)
to Jasper County, TX	0.45% ($33,844)
to Liberty County, TX	0.26% ($30,705)
to Montgomery County, TX	0.16% ($52,667)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0

Births per 1000 population in Hardin County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.7

Deaths per 1000 population in Hardin County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Hardin County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,121 (6,053 aged, 1,068 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship

Households: 47,642

In family households: 43,010 (11,236 male householders, 2,558 female householders)
11,406 spouses, 15,295 children (13,184 natural, 375 adopted, 1,736 stepchildren), 826 grandchildren, 209 brothers or sisters, 214 parents, 564 other relatives, 702 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,632 (1,931 male householders (1,640 living alone)), 2,161 female householders (2,054 living alone)), 540 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 431 (415 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,587 2-persons, 3,325 3-persons, 2,926 4-persons, 1,380 5-persons, 390 6-persons, 186 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,694 1-person, 308 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 10 5-persons.

9,578 married couples with children.
2,511 single-parent households (637 men, 1,874 women).

96.6% of residents of Hardin County speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $228,015,000 ($4529 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,502,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $119,442,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $65,046,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $413,000
Federal grants: $37,829,000
Federal procurement contracts: $971,000 ($9,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,315,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $106,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,271,000
Federal Government insurance: $237,249,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,319

Here:	65 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 2,496

Here:	49 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +57

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +2,089

Here:	+41 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Hardin County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 13.01 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 609
1995 to 1998: 2,417
1990 to 1994: 1,710
1980 to 1989: 4,091
1970 to 1979: 4,994
1960 to 1969: 2,739
1950 to 1959: 1,452
1940 to 1949: 847
1939 or earlier: 977

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Hardin County, Texas:

1 room: 34
2 rooms: 184
3 rooms: 788
4 rooms: 2,130
5 rooms: 4,380
6 rooms: 3,430
7 rooms: 2,123
8 rooms: 988
9 or more rooms: 637

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hardin County, Texas:

1 room: 51
2 rooms: 210
3 rooms: 420
4 rooms: 1,021
5 rooms: 814
6 rooms: 327
7 rooms: 195
8 rooms: 49
9 or more rooms: 24

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Hardin County:

no bedroom: 71
1 bedroom: 537
2 bedrooms: 3,364
3 bedrooms: 8,379
4 bedrooms: 2,089
5 or more bedrooms: 254

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hardin County:

no bedroom: 73
1 bedroom: 431
2 bedrooms: 1,500
3 bedrooms: 915
4 bedrooms: 183
5 or more bedrooms: 9

Cars and other vehicles available in Hardin County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 505
1 vehicle: 4,320
2 vehicles: 6,841
3 vehicles: 2,410
4 vehicles: 483
5 or more vehicles: 135

Cars and other vehicles available in Hardin County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 421
1 vehicle: 1,578
2 vehicles: 950
3 vehicles: 120
4 vehicles: 38
5 or more vehicles: 4

62% of Hardin County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Texas.

Hardin County:	62.3%
State average:	51.6%

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

This state: 38576
Northeast: 843
Midwest: 1599
South: 5218
West: 1041

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,900

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (66%)
Utility gas (17%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
Wood (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (63%)
Utility gas (23%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
No fuel used (1%)
Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 168

Here:	2.8%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 158

Here:	4.7%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 83

Here:	6.1%
Texas:	15.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Hardin County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $730,000
Solid Waste Management: $95,000
Construction - Sewerage: $407,000
Regular Highways: $129,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,048,000
Central Staff Services: $1,991,000

Corrections - Other: $1,739,000

Police Protection: $1,727,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $1,080,000

Financial Administration: $992,000

Welfare - Other: $608,000

General Public Buildings: $513,000

Housing & Community Development: $343,000

General - Other: $333,000

Solid Waste Management: $252,000

Natural Resources - Other: $97,000

Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $52,000

Libraries: $23,000

Health Services - Other: $23,000

Parks & Recreation: $14,000

Air Transportation: $12,000

Fire Protection: $3,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $397,000
General Support: $46,000
General - Interest on Debt: $60,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $105,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $118,000
All Other: $20,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,613,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,294,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $319,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $514,000
Interest Earnings: $71,000

Rents: $62,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $182,000
Police Protection: $154,000

Financial Administration: $62,000

Corrections - Other: $56,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,020,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,962,000
Health & Hospitals: $299,000

Public Welfare: $280,000

Housing & Community Development: $204,000

General Support: $102,000

Highways: $39,000
Tax - Property: $7,754,000
Motor Vehicle License: $900,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $5,853,000

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