County population in 2016: 66,534 (44% urban, 56% rural); it was 62,110 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 9,176 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 8,828 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 17,813 Renter-occupied apartments: 6,519 (it was 5,274 in 2000)
% of renters here:
23%
State:
36%
Land area: 899 sq. mi.
Water area: 16.4 sq. mi.
Population density: 74 people per square mile (average).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Harrison County: 80.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Construction (14.8%), Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing (12.9%), Retail trade (11.3%), Educational, health and social services (11.1%).
Estimated median household income in 2016: $46,548 ($33,520 in 1999)
This county:
$46,548
Texas:
$56,565
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $665 (lower quartile is $400, upper quartile is $811)
This county:
$665
State:
$809
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $107,500 (it was $61,700 in 2000)
Harrison:
$107,500
Texas:
$161,500
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $73,200 - $176,300 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,074 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $403
Institutionalized population: 600
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 1
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 5
Assaults: 90
Burglaries: 344
Thefts: 487
Auto thefts: 42
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 2
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 6
Assaults: 133
Burglaries: 395
Thefts: 444
Auto thefts: 58
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,695 (1.3%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,171 (1.3%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 18.1%
Harrison County:
18.1%
Texas:
15.6%
(9.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 27.8% for Black residents, 28.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 2.6% for American Indian residents, 40.3% for other race residents, 13.6% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 37.2 years old
(Males: 36.2 years old, Females: 39.7 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.0 years old, Black residents: 36.0 years old, American Indian residents: 56.4 years old, Asian residents: 38.0 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 22.2 years old, Other race residents: 28.2 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Harrison County is $391 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $515 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $665 a month.
Current college students: 3,252 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.3% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,908 (56.3% naturalized citizens)
Harrison County:
5.9%
Whole state:
17.0%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 597
2000 to 2009: 1,358
1990 to 1999: 1,522
1980 to 1989: 483
1970 to 1979: 196
Before 1970: 167
Note: State values scaled to Harrison County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 60.1%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 18,295
One, attached: 320
Two: 1,181
3 or 4: 649
5 to 9: 668
10 to 19: 146
20 to 49: 294
50 or more: 47
Mobile homes: 6,590
Housing units in Harrison County with a mortgage: 7,687 (73 second mortgage, 480 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 9,348
Here:
43.8% with mortgage
State:
57.8% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Harrison County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Evangelical Protestant
28,169
93
Catholic
3,641
3
Mainline Protestant
3,507
24
Black Protestant
3,117
16
Other
418
5
None
26,779
-
Harrison 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: 12
Harrison County:
1.90 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:
0.16 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6
This county:
0.95 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 36
Harrison County:
5.70 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 29
This county:
4.59 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Harrison County:
11.7%
Texas:
8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Harrison County:
28.9%
State:
26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
14.7%
State:
15.7%
Agriculture in Harrison County:
Average size of farms: 205 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $11,036 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $56.92 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 2.86% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.18% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $12,079 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 13.05% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.61% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $20,647 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.71% Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 19.54 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.03% Corn for grain: 17 harvested acres Vegetables: 130 harvested acres Land in orchards: 102 acres
Earthquake activity:
Harrison County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Texas state average. It is 80% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 1/21/1982 at 00:33:54, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 219.2 miles away from Harrison County center On 5/4/2001 at 06:42:12, a magnitude 4.7 (4.2 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 221.6 miles away from the 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 189.0 miles away from the county center On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 314.3 miles away from the county center On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML) earthquake occurred 374.3 miles away from Harrison 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 409.7 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS)
Most recent natural disasters:
Texas Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 26, 2016 to January 21, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4255: February 09, 2016, FEMA Id: 4255, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
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, 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 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 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 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
9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Harrison County (19) is greater than the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 12 Emergencies Declared: 7
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Storms: 7, Hurricanes: 5, Fires: 4, Tornadoes: 4, Winds: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Other: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (10%)
Management occupations (10%)
Transportation occupations (9%)
Sales and related occupations (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Office and administrative support occupations (20%)
Sales and related occupations (12%)
Education, training, and library occupations (12%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
Management occupations (7%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
Healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (77%)
Honduras (5%)
Nepal (2%)
Philippines (2%)
Germany (1%)
Jamaica (1%)
India (1%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison County (%):
American (41%)
English (5%)
Irish (3%)
German (2%)
African (1%)
European (1%)
Scottish (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 21,097 (86.6%)
Carpooled: 1,458 (6.0%)
Bus or trolley bus: 50 (0.2%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 510 (2.1%)
Bicycle: 7 (0.0%)
Walked: 239 (1.0%)
Worked at home: 1,027 (4.2%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Harrison County, Texas in 2000:
1,006 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
346 people in nursing homes
199 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
39 people in other group homes
31 people in unknown juvenile institutions
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
6 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
4 people in religious group quarters
People in group quarters in Harrison County, Texas in 2010:
715 people in college/university student housing
309 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
138 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
57 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
56 people in correctional residential facilities
27 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
27 people in group homes intended for adults
21 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
13 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $50,651.
7.83% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($42,279 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.83%
Texas average:
7.14%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.42% relocated from other counties in Texas ($28,162 average AGI)
2.41% relocated from other states ($14,117 average AGI)
Harrison County:
2.41%
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:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Harrison County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 9,698 (7,872 aged, 1,826 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 2,461 (16%)
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 Harrison County, Texas in 1999 - 2014:
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (831)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (683)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (303)
Alzheimer's disease, unspecified (296)
Unspecified dementia (258)
Congestive heart failure (204)
Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (194)
Septicaemia, unspecified (154)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 1.59 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 6,240 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 194 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 40,938
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,327 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 971 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 6
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 23 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 71
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 91.7. This is more than state average.
Mechanisms of homicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Firearm - 61.9
Other - 29.8
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 149.0. This is more than state average.
Mechanisms of suicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Firearm - 114.6
Other - 34.4
Household type by relationship:
Households: 66,534
In family households: 58,225 (8,561 male householders, 9,634 female householders)
13,303 spouses, 22,277 children (20,938 natural, 943 adopted, 396 stepchildren), 1,262 grandchildren, 563 brothers or sisters, 634 parents, 990 other relatives, 1,001 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,711 (2,794 male householders (2,387 living alone)), 2,753 female householders (2,476 living alone)), 1,164 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,598
Size of family households: 7,845 2-persons, 4,214 3-persons, 3,010 4-persons, 1,445 5-persons, 1,041 6-persons, 640 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,863 1-person, 638 2-persons, 46 3-persons.
10,521 married couples with children.
5,082 single-parent households (1,316 men, 3,766 women).
90.1% of residents of Harrison speak English at home.
8.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $331,144,000 ($5,279 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $18,076,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $132,218,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $75,953,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $210,000 Federal grants: $104,481,000 Federal procurement contracts: $8,922,000 ($6,977,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $9,360,000 ($1,808,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $692,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,930,000 Federal Government insurance: $17,328,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 4,354
Here:
69 per 1000 residents
State:
85 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 3,162
Here:
50 per 1000 residents
State:
35 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +539
Here:
+8 per 1000 residents
State:
+29 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: -297
Here:
-5 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Harrison County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 8.77 millions of gallons per day (22% from ground, 78% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
5.9
State:
6.2
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.6
State:
4.1
Year house built
2014 or later: 669
2010 to 2013: 1,428
2000 to 2009: 5,247
1990 to 1999: 3,913
1980 to 1989: 4,873
1970 to 1979: 3,666
1960 to 1969: 2,938
1950 to 1959: 2,572
1940 to 1949: 857
1939 or earlier: 2,027
Note: State values scaled to Harrison population
Rooms in houses/apartments in Harrison County, Texas
Note: State values scaled to Harrison County population
no vehicle: 720
1 vehicle: 3,151
2 vehicles: 8,308
3 vehicles: 3,695
4 vehicles: 865
5+ vehicles: 296
no vehicle: 314
1 vehicle: 3,416
2 vehicles: 2,343
3 vehicles: 561
4 vehicles: 32
5+ vehicles: 41
90% of Harrison County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Texas.
Harrison County:
89.7%
State average:
84.1%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 45,811
Other state: 16,666
Northeast: 1,017
Midwest: 2,407
South: 11,103
West: 2,139
Year Householders Moved Into Unit
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