Newton County, Texas (TX)

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• • 9,05172.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,59220.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5314.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1851.5%Two or more races
  • 890.7%Asian alone
  • 490.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 410.3%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $144,917

Here:	$144,917
State:	$313,123

Townhouses or other attached units: $171,332

Here:	$171,332
State:	$292,523

Mobile homes: $68,222

Here:	$68,222
State:	$105,980

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $25,376

Here:	$25,376
State:	$88,261

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 15
• Thefts: 31
• Auto thefts: 7

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

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 13
• Burglaries: 33
• Thefts: 37
• Auto thefts: 9

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: $1,596 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $729 (1.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Newton County is $402 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $629 a month.

Cities in this county include: Call, Newton, Burkeville, Deweyville, South Toledo Bend.

Neighboring counties: Beauregard Parish, Louisiana , Berrien County, Georgia , Duval County, Florida , Clinch County, Georgia , Lamar County, Mississippi , Liberty County, Florida .

Current college students: 214
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 101 (85.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 12010 or later
• 162000 to 2009
• 281990 to 1999
• 521980 to 1989
• 151970 to 1979
• 27Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 37.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 38.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 3,588
• One, attached: 710
• Two: 45
• 3 or 4: 6
• 10 to 19: 6
• 20 to 49: 13
• 50 or more: 11
• Mobile homes: 2,181
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 125

Housing units in Newton County with a mortgage: 1,223 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0

Religion statistics for Newton County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Newton County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Hurricane Laura, Incident Period: August 23, 2020 - August 27, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4572-TX: December 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4572, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
• Texas Hurricane Harvey, Incident Period: August 23, 2017 - September 15, 2017, FEMA Id: 4332, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 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: October 22, 2015 to October 31, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4245: November 25, 2015, FEMA Id: 4245, Natural disaster type: 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 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 Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 27, 2008 to September 07, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3290: August 29, 2008, FEMA Id: 3290, 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
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.43% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($57,393 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.61% relocated from other counties in Texas ($44,253 average AGI)
1.82% relocated from other states ($13,140 average AGI)

Newton County:	1.82%
Texas average:	2.83%

from Jasper County, TX	2.29% ($71,196 average AGI)
from Orange County, TX	1.67% ($52,141)
from Harris County, TX	0.54% ($34,000)
from Jefferson County, TX	0.50% ($73,238)

7.20% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($45,047 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.21% relocated to other counties in Texas ($37,315 average AGI)
0.99% relocated to other states ($7,728 average AGI)

Newton County:	0.99%
Texas average:	2.08%

to Jasper County, TX	2.15% ($38,022 average AGI)
to Orange County, TX	1.26% ($45,250)
to Jefferson County, TX	0.48% ($44,300)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 11.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Newton 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: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 2,434 (568 living alone), Female householders: 2,552 (629 living alone)

• 2,704 spouses (2,684 opposite-sex spouses), 176 unmarried partners, (165 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 3,615 children (2,953 natural, 360 adopted, 312 stepchildren), 474 grandchildren, 207 brothers or sisters, 169 parents, 41 foster children, 159 other relatives, 177 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 142

Size of family households: 1,830 2-persons, 833 3-persons, 519 4-persons, 340 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,197 1-person, 109 2-persons, 27 3-persons.

1,520 married couples with children.
825 single-parent households (271 men, 554 women).

99.5% of residents of Newton speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $79,474,000 ($5,540 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,463,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $33,485,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $19,978,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $116,000
Federal grants: $23,672,000
Federal procurement contracts: $464,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,759,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $13,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $197,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,630,000

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

Here:	-52 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.97 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Newton County, Texas
• 202020 or later
• 1,3072010 to 2019
• 8102000 to 2009
• 9541990 to 1999
• 1,0751980 to 1989
• 1,0911970 to 1979
• 5321960 to 1969
• 3711950 to 1959
• 2471940 to 1949
• 2461939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Newton County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Newton County, Texas
• 241 room
• 02 rooms
• 3453 rooms
• 9454 rooms
• 1,2425 rooms
• 8396 rooms
• 3377 rooms
• 1828 rooms
• 2409+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Newton County, Texas
• 331 room
• 112 rooms
• 1803 rooms
• 3054 rooms
• 1765 rooms
• 1636 rooms
• 37 rooms
• 68 rooms
• 09+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Newton County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Newton County, Texas
• 24no bedroom
• 1741 bedroom
• 1,0232 bedrooms
• 2,3043 bedrooms
• 4634 bedrooms
• 805+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Newton County, Texas
• 33no bedroom
• 1111 bedroom
• 3832 bedrooms
• 3153 bedrooms
• 474 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Newton County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 190no vehicle
• 1,0511 vehicle
• 1,7112 vehicles
• 8523 vehicles
• 2034 vehicles
• 945+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Newton County in renter-occupied apartments
• 224no vehicle
• 4611 vehicle
• 1752 vehicles
• 343 vehicles
• 74 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

90.9% of Newton County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 10,206
• Other state: 2,405
• Northeast: 118
• Midwest: 252
• South: 1,684
• West: 321

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 542
• Number of aged recipients: 69
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 473
• Number of recipients under 18: 86
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 321
• Number of recipients older than 64: 135
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 226
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 263

Businesses in Newton County, TX

• Dairy Queen: 1
• U-Haul: 1