Kaufman County, Texas (TX)

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• • 79,33462.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 27,49721.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 15,00111.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,0611.6%Two or more races
  • 1,6961.3%Asian alone
  • 3630.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 630.05%Some other race alone
  • 540.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 13
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 154
• Burglaries: 532
• Thefts: 838
• Auto thefts: 170

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 44
• Robberies: 13
• Assaults: 329
• Burglaries: 569
• Thefts: 749
• Auto thefts: 167

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $5,075 (2.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,931 (1.3%)

Area name: Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kaufman County is $607 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $733 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $954 a month.

Cities in this county include: Terrell, Kaufman, Forney, Crandall, Travis Ranch, Mabank, Combine, Kemp, Talty, Elmo.

2018 air pollution in Kaufman County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.029 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.5 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Cass County , Ouachita Parish, Louisiana , Glascock County, Georgia , Erath County , Gregg County , Marion County, Georgia , Henderson County , Toombs County, Georgia , Navarro County , Shackelford County , Van Zandt County .

Current college students: 2,336
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 11,581 (38.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,9542010 or later
• 2,5592000 to 2009
• 2,6211990 to 1999
• 1,0601980 to 1989
• 6921970 to 1979
• 290Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 35.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 42.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 34,121
• One, attached: 56
• Two: 200
• 3 or 4: 622
• 5 to 9: 715
• 10 to 19: 504
• 20 to 49: 735
• 50 or more: 323
• Mobile homes: 6,076
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 133

Housing units in Kaufman County with a mortgage: 20,323 (737 second mortgage, 550 home equity loan, 38 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,518

Religion statistics for Kaufman County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Kaufman County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
• 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, 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 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 16, 2007 to August 03, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1709: June 29, 2007, FEMA Id: 1709, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10.80% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($52,273 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
9.24% relocated from other counties in Texas ($44,774 average AGI)
1.56% relocated from other states ($7,498 average AGI)

Kaufman County:	1.56%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Dallas County, TX	4.86% ($52,760 average AGI)
from Henderson County, TX	0.54% ($37,649)
from Rockwall County, TX	0.47% ($67,139)
from Collin County, TX	0.47% ($61,950)
from Tarrant County, TX	0.42% ($56,631)
from Van Zandt County, TX	0.33% ($43,454)
from Denton County, TX	0.30% ($67,584)

8.18% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($49,266 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.07% relocated to other counties in Texas ($43,089 average AGI)
1.11% relocated to other states ($6,177 average AGI)

Kaufman County:	1.11%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Dallas County, TX	2.78% ($41,644 average AGI)
to Henderson County, TX	0.67% ($43,199)
to Van Zandt County, TX	0.47% ($48,598)
to Rockwall County, TX	0.46% ($91,623)
to Collin County, TX	0.38% ($57,981)
to Tarrant County, TX	0.30% ($45,790)
to Hunt County, TX	0.25% ($58,417)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.4
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 7.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Kaufman County

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

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

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 22,286 (3,036 living alone), Female householders: 17,549 (3,556 living alone)

• 24,016 spouses (24,010 opposite-sex spouses), 1,680 unmarried partners, (1,680 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 49,391 children (43,544 natural, 1,813 adopted, 4,034 stepchildren), 5,907 grandchildren, 2,697 brothers or sisters, 3,587 parents, 286 foster children, 3,133 other relatives, 4,282 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,340

Size of family households: 11,825 2-persons, 6,111 3-persons, 7,006 4-persons, 4,054 5-persons, 1,161 6-persons, 1,766 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,592 1-person, 1,077 2-persons, 190 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 10 5-persons.

23,157 married couples with children.
8,608 single-parent households (3,836 men, 4,772 women).

82.8% of residents of Kaufman speak English at home.
15.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $410,005,000 ($4,802 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $13,886,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $217,020,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $109,128,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $778,000
Federal grants: $64,945,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,086,000 ($57,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $15,048,000 ($3,023,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,742,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $118,661,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,943,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.36 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Kaufman County, Texas
• 7,9102014 or later
• 2,6942010 to 2013
• 11,3942000 to 2009
• 6,4591990 to 1999
• 5,7151980 to 1989
• 5,1321970 to 1979
• 1,8221960 to 1969
• 6511950 to 1959
• 3631940 to 1949
• 1,3451939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Kaufman County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kaufman County, Texas
• 1671 room
• 92 rooms
• 7233 rooms
• 1,4684 rooms
• 5,7495 rooms
• 9,1516 rooms
• 4,6817 rooms
• 5,0088 rooms
• 4,8859+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kaufman County, Texas
• 2141 room
• 2482 rooms
• 5033 rooms
• 2,1094 rooms
• 2,9895 rooms
• 9336 rooms
• 3737 rooms
• 2998 rooms
• 3269+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Kaufman County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Kaufman County, Texas
• 167no bedroom
• 1771 bedroom
• 2,8122 bedrooms
• 15,1353 bedrooms
• 12,2224 bedrooms
• 1,3285+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kaufman County, Texas
• 214no bedroom
• 6051 bedroom
• 2,9302 bedrooms
• 3,2613 bedrooms
• 6584 bedrooms
• 3265+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Kaufman County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 389no vehicle
• 6,3901 vehicle
• 13,0942 vehicles
• 7,9613 vehicles
• 3,0144 vehicles
• 9935+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Kaufman County in renter-occupied apartments
• 543no vehicle
• 2,5481 vehicle
• 3,1872 vehicles
• 1,2603 vehicles
• 4344 vehicles
• 225+ vehicles

83.6% of Kaufman County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 95,505
• Other state: 28,130
• Northeast: 2,795
• Midwest: 8,107
• South: 9,831
• West: 7,397

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,697
• Number of aged recipients: 207
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,490
• Number of recipients under 18: 289
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,068
• Number of recipients older than 64: 340
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 617
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 687

Kaufman County on our top lists:

• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #76 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"