Upshur County, Texas (TX)

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• • 33,17494.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,65310.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,4519.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7522.1%Two or more races
  • 2290.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1550.4%Some other race alone
  • 1360.4%Asian alone

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 67
• Burglaries: 222
• Thefts: 263
• Auto thefts: 70

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

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 45
• Burglaries: 197
• Thefts: 210
• Auto thefts: 40

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: $2,195 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,533 (0.9%)

Area name: Longview, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Upshur 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: Gilmer, Bettie, Big Sandy, Ore City, East Mountain, Union Grove.

Neighboring counties: Baldwin County, Georgia , Bienville Parish, Louisiana , Issaquena County, Mississippi , Ouachita Parish, Louisiana , Jenkins County, Georgia , Peach County, Georgia .

Current college students: 1,046
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,582 (32.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 792010 or later
• 2472000 to 2009
• 5711990 to 1999
• 1671980 to 1989
• 1401970 to 1979
• 66Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 38.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 12,635
• One, attached: 243
• Two: 390
• 3 or 4: 215
• 5 to 9: 185
• 10 to 19: 91
• 20 or more: 47
• Mobile homes: 3,424
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 151

Housing units in Upshur County with a mortgage: 4,989 (52 second mortgage, 105 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,527

Religion statistics for Upshur County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Upshur 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 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 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 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
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.72% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($43,636 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.38% relocated from other counties in Texas ($38,350 average AGI)
1.33% relocated from other states ($5,286 average AGI)

Upshur County:	1.33%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Gregg County, TX	3.75% ($45,674 average AGI)
from Harrison County, TX	0.70% ($45,287)
from Smith County, TX	0.60% ($40,309)
from Wood County, TX	0.45% ($52,656)
from Dallas County, TX	0.24% ($35,281)
from Rusk County, TX	0.20% ($42,593)
from Camp County, TX	0.19% ($36,577)

8.61% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($40,621 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.35% relocated to other counties in Texas ($35,312 average AGI)
1.26% relocated to other states ($5,309 average AGI)

Upshur County:	1.26%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Gregg County, TX	3.03% ($43,485 average AGI)
to Smith County, TX	0.67% ($42,618)
to Harrison County, TX	0.60% ($37,438)
to Wood County, TX	0.35% ($43,717)
to Marion County, TX	0.23% ($33,033)
to Camp County, TX	0.23% ($42,633)
to Rusk County, TX	0.17% ($43,696)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Upshur County

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

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

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,086 (1,828 living alone), Female householders: 6,445 (1,992 living alone)

• 8,048 spouses (8,033 opposite-sex spouses), 410 unmarried partners, (410 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,196 children (11,411 natural, 364 adopted, 1,445 stepchildren), 1,513 grandchildren, 384 brothers or sisters, 857 parents, 13 foster children, 1,147 other relatives, 1,384 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 550

Size of family households: 4,841 2-persons, 1,954 3-persons, 1,682 4-persons, 1,164 5-persons, 391 6-persons, 239 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,821 1-person, 355 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 2 5-persons.

6,562 married couples with children.
1,960 single-parent households (617 men, 1,343 women).

94.0% of residents of Upshur speak English at home.
5.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (23% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $194,828,000 ($5,210 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,286,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $105,150,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,929,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $426,000
Federal grants: $34,832,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,156,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,335,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $807,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,333,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,594,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.69 millions of gallons per day (68% from ground, 32% from surface)

• Year house built in Upshur County, Texas
• 1,2192014 or later
• 7342010 to 2013
• 2,8372000 to 2009
• 2,9021990 to 1999
• 2,9431980 to 1989
• 2,9291970 to 1979
• 1,1701960 to 1969
• 1,5121950 to 1959
• 6841940 to 1949
• 5041939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Upshur County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Upshur County, Texas
• 1191 room
• 212 rooms
• 5633 rooms
• 1,3814 rooms
• 2,9975 rooms
• 2,7576 rooms
• 1,4707 rooms
• 1,0758 rooms
• 1,0649+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upshur County, Texas
• 221 room
• 432 rooms
• 2723 rooms
• 8934 rooms
• 8545 rooms
• 5316 rooms
• 1577 rooms
• 2008 rooms
• 669+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Upshur County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Upshur County, Texas
• 121no bedroom
• 4181 bedroom
• 2,1492 bedrooms
• 6,8093 bedrooms
• 1,5184 bedrooms
• 3605+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upshur County, Texas
• 26no bedroom
• 3611 bedroom
• 1,1452 bedrooms
• 1,2843 bedrooms
• 1974 bedrooms
• 345+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Upshur County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 277no vehicle
• 2,4571 vehicle
• 4,9872 vehicles
• 2,3953 vehicles
• 9224 vehicles
• 4195+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Upshur County in renter-occupied apartments
• 374no vehicle
• 1,4841 vehicle
• 9512 vehicles
• 2443 vehicles
• 174 vehicles
• 175+ vehicles

85.4% of Upshur County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 29,602
• Other state: 10,642
• Northeast: 780
• Midwest: 2,578
• South: 4,314
• West: 2,982

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,011
• Number of aged recipients: 119
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 892
• Number of recipients under 18: 154
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 639
• Number of recipients older than 64: 218
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 431
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 396