Polk County, Texas (TX)

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• • 34,68069.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,91515.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4,4238.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,7993.6%Two or more races
  • 4640.9%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4400.9%Asian alone
  • 210.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

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

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 15
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 58
• Burglaries: 126
• Thefts: 278
• Auto thefts: 73

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

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 24
• Robberies: 8
• Assaults: 43
• Burglaries: 170
• Thefts: 297
• Auto thefts: 64

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: $2,042 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $1,264 (1.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Polk County is $408 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $579 a month.

Cities in this county include: Livingston-New Willard, West Livingston, Livingston, Corrigan, Onalaska, Indian Springs, Pleasant Hill, Goodrich, Seven Oaks.

Neighboring counties: Bay County, Florida , Angelina County , Jackson County, Mississippi , Colquitt County, Georgia , Vernon Parish, Louisiana , San Jacinto County .

Current college students: 1,496
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,622 (47.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3632010 or later
• 6052000 to 2009
• 7621990 to 1999
• 5451980 to 1989
• 2621970 to 1979
• 228Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 69.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 17,718
• One, attached: 272
• Two: 637
• 3 or 4: 230
• 5 to 9: 175
• 10 to 19: 69
• 20 to 49: 84
• 50 or more: 37
• Mobile homes: 5,878
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 188

Housing units in Polk County with a mortgage: 5,082 (41 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12

Religion statistics for Polk County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Polk County:

Tornado activity:

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: September 10, 2018 - November 2, 2018, FEMA Id: 4416, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Texas Hurricane Harvey, Incident Period: August 23, 2017 - September 15, 2017, FEMA Id: 4332, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 22, 2016 to June 24, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4272: June 11, 2016, FEMA Id: 4272, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 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
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

16.05% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($80,610 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.75% relocated from other counties in Texas ($37,051 average AGI)
7.30% relocated from other states ($43,560 average AGI)

Polk County:	7.30%
Texas average:	2.83%

from Harris County, TX	2.05% ($73,481 average AGI)
from Montgomery County, TX	1.00% ($69,931)
from San Jacinto County, TX	0.40% ($42,394)
from Liberty County, TX	0.31% ($42,041)
from Angelina County, TX	0.29% ($37,910)
from Galveston County, TX	0.28% ($96,769)
from Walker County, TX	0.26% ($20,246)

11.39% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($64,661 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.12% relocated to other counties in Texas ($29,016 average AGI)
5.27% relocated to other states ($35,645 average AGI)

Polk County:	5.27%
Texas average:	2.08%

to Harris County, TX	0.96% ($52,127 average AGI)
to Montgomery County, TX	0.62% ($50,985)
to Sumter County, FL	0.51% ($85,115)
to Angelina County, TX	0.45% ($34,586)
to San Jacinto County, TX	0.35% ($61,731)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.24% ($98,154)
to Pennington County, SD	0.23% ($94,960)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 13.5

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

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,497 (2,116 living alone), Female householders: 9,474 (2,582 living alone)

• 9,083 spouses (9,014 opposite-sex spouses), 1,099 unmarried partners, (1,004 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,286 children (11,656 natural, 469 adopted, 1,159 stepchildren), 2,001 grandchildren, 706 brothers or sisters, 611 parents, 2 foster children, 1,278 other relatives, 994 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,408

Size of family households: 5,711 2-persons, 2,566 3-persons, 2,387 4-persons, 1,175 5-persons, 370 6-persons, 382 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,700 1-person, 592 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 33 4-persons.

5,157 married couples with children.
2,986 single-parent households (415 men, 2,571 women).

86.5% of residents of Polk speak English at home.
12.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $372,097,000 ($8,020 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,631,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $235,701,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $78,907,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,515,000
Federal grants: $47,747,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,030,000 ($784,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,197,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $103,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,676,000
Federal Government insurance: $39,162,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.82 millions of gallons per day (35% from ground, 65% from surface)

• Year house built in Polk County, Texas
• 682020 or later
• 2,8372010 to 2019
• 4,5912000 to 2009
• 3,7081990 to 1999
• 4,3521980 to 1989
• 5,1041970 to 1979
• 1,8431960 to 1969
• 1,0461950 to 1959
• 5381940 to 1949
• 6981939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, Texas
• 441 room
• 2702 rooms
• 1,0953 rooms
• 3,0464 rooms
• 3,9115 rooms
• 2,2846 rooms
• 1,6027 rooms
• 1,0008 rooms
• 1,0559+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, Texas
• 1111 room
• 2592 rooms
• 8093 rooms
• 1,0414 rooms
• 9315 rooms
• 4036 rooms
• 1857 rooms
• 258 rooms
• 639+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, Texas
• 44no bedroom
• 6191 bedroom
• 3,5112 bedrooms
• 7,5473 bedrooms
• 1,9314 bedrooms
• 3665+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, Texas
• 111no bedroom
• 5771 bedroom
• 1,5352 bedrooms
• 1,4193 bedrooms
• 1804 bedrooms
• 85+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 345no vehicle
• 4,0741 vehicle
• 6,1882 vehicles
• 2,3743 vehicles
• 8174 vehicles
• 3375+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in renter-occupied apartments
• 447no vehicle
• 1,6591 vehicle
• 1,2332 vehicles
• 4473 vehicles
• 614 vehicles
• 65+ vehicles

80.3% of Polk County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% 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: 36,822
• Other state: 10,508
• Northeast: 1,194
• Midwest: 2,792
• South: 4,246
• West: 2,244

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,459
• Number of aged recipients: 161
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,298
• Number of recipients under 18: 253
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 906
• Number of recipients older than 64: 300
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 573
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 654

Businesses in Polk County, TX

• Chevrolet: 1
• SONIC Drive-In: 2
• Subway: 2