Wise County, Texas (TX)

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• • 51,19276.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 13,29219.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,1441.7%Two or more races
  • 8731.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3600.5%Asian alone
  • 2580.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1190.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 131
• Burglaries: 267
• Thefts: 408
• Auto thefts: 18

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 146
• Burglaries: 244
• Thefts: 431
• Auto thefts: 20

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: $3,036 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,375 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wise County is $443 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $533 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $651 a month.

Cities in this county include: Briar, Decatur, Bridgeport, Runaway Bay, Boyd, Alvord, Chico, Newark, New Fairview, Aurora.

Neighboring counties: Berkeley County, South Carolina , Pinal County, Arizona , McCormick County, South Carolina , Marion County, Alabama .

Current college students: 1,230
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,381 (19.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7712010 or later
• 1,4172000 to 2009
• 1,2271990 to 1999
• 5801980 to 1989
• 5181970 to 1979
• 263Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 33.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 50.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 19,061
• One, attached: 65
• Two: 236
• 3 or 4: 434
• 5 to 9: 300
• 10 to 19: 22
• 50 or more: 90
• Mobile homes: 4,959

Housing units in Wise County with a mortgage: 9,640 (141 second mortgage, 246 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,323

Religion statistics for Wise County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Wise 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, 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 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 Extreme Wildfire Threat, Incident Period: November 27, 2005 to May 14, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1624: January 11, 2006, FEMA Id: 1624, 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
• 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
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.55% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($58,677 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.95% relocated from other counties in Texas ($50,509 average AGI)
1.60% relocated from other states ($8,168 average AGI)

Wise County:	1.60%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Tarrant County, TX	3.31% ($65,900 average AGI)
from Denton County, TX	1.39% ($68,429)
from Parker County, TX	0.66% ($49,993)
from Dallas County, TX	0.38% ($57,376)
from Montague County, TX	0.24% ($43,093)
from Collin County, TX	0.13% ($90,517)
from Jack County, TX	0.10% ($57,545)

7.64% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($48,965 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.08% relocated to other counties in Texas ($38,517 average AGI)
1.56% relocated to other states ($10,448 average AGI)

Wise County:	1.56%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Tarrant County, TX	2.05% ($51,565 average AGI)
to Denton County, TX	0.85% ($51,353)
to Parker County, TX	0.69% ($36,493)
to Montague County, TX	0.31% ($54,343)
to Dallas County, TX	0.27% ($52,793)
to Collin County, TX	0.11% ($65,000)
to Wichita County, TX	0.10% ($53,636)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Wise County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 11,442 (2,371 living alone), Female householders: 11,440 (2,477 living alone)

• 14,894 spouses (14,803 opposite-sex spouses), 531 unmarried partners, (531 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 22,855 children (21,161 natural, 1,031 adopted, 663 stepchildren), 1,954 grandchildren, 721 brothers or sisters, 1,637 parents, 180 foster children, 1,521 other relatives, 2,014 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 795

Size of family households: 7,021 2-persons, 2,973 3-persons, 3,639 4-persons, 2,570 5-persons, 603 6-persons, 660 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,848 1-person, 377 2-persons, 191 3-persons.

13,086 married couples with children.
2,355 single-parent households (1,073 men, 1,282 women).

84.0% of residents of Wise speak English at home.
15.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (22% speak English very well, 78% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $176,576,000 ($3,179 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,077,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $96,967,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $35,904,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $504,000
Federal grants: $33,197,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,091,000 ($1,500,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,913,000 ($223,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $641,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $28,174,000
Federal Government insurance: $27,574,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.37 millions of gallons per day (17% from ground, 83% from surface)

• Year house built in Wise County, Texas
• 2,1142014 or later
• 9962010 to 2013
• 6,3102000 to 2009
• 4,2901990 to 1999
• 3,7441980 to 1989
• 2,5931970 to 1979
• 1,4451960 to 1969
• 2,3101950 to 1959
• 5491940 to 1949
• 8161939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Wise County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wise County, Texas
• 231 room
• 02 rooms
• 1143 rooms
• 3,4204 rooms
• 4,0585 rooms
• 4,1486 rooms
• 2,8737 rooms
• 2,0118 rooms
• 2,2349+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wise County, Texas
• 501 room
• 3112 rooms
• 6263 rooms
• 8904 rooms
• 1,0975 rooms
• 5416 rooms
• 2557 rooms
• 1808 rooms
• 519+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Wise County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Wise County, Texas
• 23no bedroom
• 2741 bedroom
• 3,4422 bedrooms
• 9,6883 bedrooms
• 4,7624 bedrooms
• 6925+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wise County, Texas
• 50no bedroom
• 7651 bedroom
• 1,2802 bedrooms
• 1,7123 bedrooms
• 1944 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wise County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 166no vehicle
• 2,8851 vehicle
• 7,7792 vehicles
• 5,7783 vehicles
• 1,7364 vehicles
• 5375+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wise County in renter-occupied apartments
• 192no vehicle
• 1,3461 vehicle
• 1,7082 vehicles
• 6943 vehicles
• 614 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

88.1% of Wise 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, 88% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 47,442
• Other state: 15,754
• Northeast: 1,598
• Midwest: 5,012
• South: 5,618
• West: 3,526

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 656
• Number of aged recipients: 108
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 548
• Number of recipients under 18: 95
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 405
• Number of recipients older than 64: 156
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 244
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 264