Ellis County, Texas (TX)

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• • 109,99054.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 56,89928.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 27,68013.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,5212.7%Two or more races
  • 1,8770.9%Asian alone
  • 6220.3%Some other race alone
  • 890.04%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 27
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 58
• Burglaries: 96
• Thefts: 264
• Auto thefts: 50

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 21
• Robberies: 9
• Assaults: 64
• Burglaries: 114
• Thefts: 235
• Auto thefts: 47

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 2021: $4,752 (1.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $3,284 (1.4%)

Area name: Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ellis 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: Waxahachie, Ennis, Midlothian, Red Oak, Ovilla, Ferris, Italy, Palmer, Oak Leaf, Maypearl.

Neighboring counties: Allendale County, South Carolina , Caldwell Parish, Louisiana , Lee County, Alabama , Quitman County, Georgia , Upson County, Georgia , Marion County , Palo Pinto County , Somervell County .

Current college students: 4,799
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 17,812 (32.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3,1762010 or later
• 3,3242000 to 2009
• 3,7191990 to 1999
• 1,9061980 to 1989
• 1,0931970 to 1979
• 715Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 55,804
• One, attached: 2,472
• Two: 1,025
• 3 or 4: 931
• 5 to 9: 1,700
• 10 to 19: 2,011
• 20 to 49: 641
• 50 or more: 616
• Mobile homes: 6,695
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 85

Housing units in Ellis County with a mortgage: 33,162 (547 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 342 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 779

Religion statistics for Ellis County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ellis 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 County Line Fire, Incident Period: June 18, 2011 to June 20, 2011, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 18, 2011, FEMA Id: 2925, 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 Venus Fire Complex, Incident Period: February 05, 2006, Fire Management Assistance Declared: February 05, 2006, FEMA Id: 2629, 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
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

11.20% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($67,631 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($137 average AGI)

Ellis County:	0.03%
Texas average:	0.04%

9.09% relocated from other counties in Texas ($52,890 average AGI)
2.08% relocated from other states ($14,604 average AGI)

Ellis County:	2.08%
Texas average:	2.83%

from Dallas County, TX	4.23% ($61,337 average AGI)
from Tarrant County, TX	1.98% ($72,977)
from Denton County, TX	0.35% ($82,729)
from Johnson County, TX	0.27% ($65,966)
from Navarro County, TX	0.26% ($45,021)
from Collin County, TX	0.26% ($83,152)
from Kaufman County, TX	0.15% ($56,627)

7.52% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($59,075 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.21% relocated to other counties in Texas ($47,095 average AGI)
1.30% relocated to other states ($11,980 average AGI)

Ellis County:	1.30%
Texas average:	2.08%

to Dallas County, TX	1.97% ($48,577 average AGI)
to Tarrant County, TX	1.05% ($53,557)
to Johnson County, TX	0.44% ($65,219)
to Navarro County, TX	0.35% ($46,267)
to Denton County, TX	0.24% ($57,684)
to Collin County, TX	0.23% ($57,372)
to Kaufman County, TX	0.18% ($56,484)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 15.5
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 7.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Ellis 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: 34,909 (5,329 living alone), Female householders: 34,314 (6,111 living alone)

• 43,101 spouses (42,998 opposite-sex spouses), 3,026 unmarried partners, (2,968 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 68,027 children (61,877 natural, 2,092 adopted, 4,058 stepchildren), 5,658 grandchildren, 2,323 brothers or sisters, 2,481 parents, 33 foster children, 3,699 other relatives, 3,667 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,440

Size of family households: 23,383 2-persons, 14,790 3-persons, 9,103 4-persons, 5,509 5-persons, 2,450 6-persons, 1,181 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,440 1-person, 1,367 2-persons.

34,715 married couples with children.
12,988 single-parent households (3,365 men, 9,623 women).

81.1% of residents of Ellis speak English at home.
17.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $468,376,000 ($3,639 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,558,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $223,411,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $107,400,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,191,000
Federal grants: $109,951,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,319,000 ($2,720,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $15,103,000 ($741,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,279,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $141,812,000
Federal Government insurance: $49,155,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.24 millions of gallons per day (24% from ground, 76% from surface)

• Year house built in Ellis County, Texas
• 1,7192020 or later
• 14,6772010 to 2019
• 16,6562000 to 2009
• 8,5311990 to 1999
• 10,0581980 to 1989
• 8,0711970 to 1979
• 5,9611960 to 1969
• 2,5261950 to 1959
• 1,2691940 to 1949
• 2,5121939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ellis County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ellis County, Texas
• 4001 room
• 802 rooms
• 7543 rooms
• 4,5114 rooms
• 10,3835 rooms
• 11,7376 rooms
• 8,5817 rooms
• 7,3118 rooms
• 9,0129+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ellis County, Texas
• 7591 room
• 6712 rooms
• 2,2943 rooms
• 5,0634 rooms
• 4,1175 rooms
• 2,0726 rooms
• 6237 rooms
• 2478 rooms
• 6089+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ellis County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ellis County, Texas
• 400no bedroom
• 3861 bedroom
• 2,7482 bedrooms
• 30,9613 bedrooms
• 15,1774 bedrooms
• 3,0975+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ellis County, Texas
• 811no bedroom
• 2,9301 bedroom
• 5,3542 bedrooms
• 5,7593 bedrooms
• 1,3804 bedrooms
• 2205+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ellis County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 476no vehicle
• 8,0681 vehicle
• 23,6512 vehicles
• 13,2273 vehicles
• 5,5554 vehicles
• 1,7925+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ellis County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,526no vehicle
• 7,2201 vehicle
• 5,3612 vehicles
• 1,9763 vehicles
• 674 vehicles
• 3045+ vehicles

88.1% of Ellis 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, 79% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 139,992
• Other state: 43,190
• Northeast: 5,216
• Midwest: 10,236
• South: 14,299
• West: 13,439

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,928
• Number of aged recipients: 277
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,651
• Number of recipients under 18: 438
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,078
• Number of recipients older than 64: 412
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 680
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 827

Ellis County on our top lists:

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