Smith County, Texas (TX)

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• • 137,45459.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 46,74620.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 41,19317.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,8981.7%Asian alone
  • 2,4601.1%Two or more races
  • 4470.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 3360.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 2170.09%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $241,165

Here:	$241,165
State:	$268,991

Townhouses or other attached units: $176,182

Here:	$176,182
State:	$268,635

In 2-unit structures: $282,865

Here:	$282,865
State:	$309,107

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $286,041

Here:	$286,041
State:	$205,835

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $180,563

Here:	$180,563
State:	$312,503

Mobile homes: $86,359

Here:	$86,359
State:	$94,014

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $98,391

Here:	$98,391
State:	$52,538

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

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 50
• Robberies: 27
• Assaults: 255
• Burglaries: 788
• Thefts: 1060
• Auto thefts: 196

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

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 42
• Robberies: 29
• Assaults: 237
• Burglaries: 700
• Thefts: 1028
• Auto thefts: 193

Health of residents in Smith County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

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: $2,746 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,590 (1.1%)

Area name: Tyler, TX MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Smith County is $524 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $590 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $808 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tyler, Whitehouse, Hideaway, Lindale, Troup, Bullard, Emerald Bay, Arp, Winona, New Chapel Hill.

2018 air pollution in Smith County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Dallas County, Alabama , Hinds County, Mississippi , Hale County, Alabama , Lowndes County, Alabama , Evans County, Georgia , West Carroll Parish, Louisiana , Wilkinson County, Georgia .

Current college students: 9,012
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 19,630 (30.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3,3962010 or later
• 5,3642000 to 2009
• 4,8831990 to 1999
• 3,4411980 to 1989
• 1,7721970 to 1979
• 656Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 64,136
• One, attached: 1,956
• Two: 2,053
• 3 or 4: 1,417
• 5 to 9: 3,048
• 10 to 19: 4,065
• 20 to 49: 1,623
• 50 or more: 2,540
• Mobile homes: 10,662
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 344

Housing units in Smith County with a mortgage: 28,527 (92 second mortgage, 875 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23,988

Religion statistics for Smith County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Smith 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 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 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 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
• Texas Hurricane Dean, Incident Period: August 17, 2007 to September 05, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3277: August 18, 2007, FEMA Id: 3277, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 16 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.98% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($53,615 average adjusted gross income)

0.02% of residents moved from foreign countries ($124 average AGI)

Smith County:	0.02%
Texas average:	0.08%

5.18% relocated from other counties in Texas ($37,842 average AGI)
1.78% relocated from other states ($15,649 average AGI)

Smith County:	1.78%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Gregg County, TX	0.45% ($43,919 average AGI)
from Dallas County, TX	0.42% ($46,777)
from Henderson County, TX	0.39% ($42,371)
from Cherokee County, TX	0.37% ($55,262)
from Tarrant County, TX	0.27% ($50,343)
from Harris County, TX	0.26% ($75,429)
from Wood County, TX	0.25% ($44,945)

6.68% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($50,768 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($134 average AGI)

Smith County:	0.03%
Texas average:	0.08%

5.03% relocated to other counties in Texas ($37,324 average AGI)
1.62% relocated to other states ($13,310 average AGI)

Smith County:	1.62%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Dallas County, TX	0.48% ($38,683 average AGI)
to Henderson County, TX	0.38% ($40,227)
to Gregg County, TX	0.34% ($38,099)
to Cherokee County, TX	0.33% ($48,195)
to Tarrant County, TX	0.32% ($49,540)
to Harris County, TX	0.31% ($54,644)
to Van Zandt County, TX	0.22% ($38,240)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Smith County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 38,137 (7,387 living alone), Female householders: 40,463 (12,609 living alone)

• 39,926 spouses (39,633 opposite-sex spouses), 2,431 unmarried partners, (2,263 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 72,465 children (67,777 natural, 2,561 adopted, 2,127 stepchildren), 6,953 grandchildren, 4,962 brothers or sisters, 3,497 parents, 161 foster children, 5,432 other relatives, 12,142 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 6,182

Size of family households: 23,160 2-persons, 11,194 3-persons, 10,257 4-persons, 5,716 5-persons, 2,038 6-persons, 1,461 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 19,996 1-person, 3,690 2-persons, 719 3-persons, 369 4-persons.

38,557 married couples with children.
11,474 single-parent households (2,331 men, 9,143 women).

83.2% of residents of Smith speak English at home.
14.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $972,825,000 ($5,219 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $65,795,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $461,180,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $231,715,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $363,000
Federal grants: $171,546,000
Federal procurement contracts: $54,064,000 ($39,283,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $53,957,000 ($1,457,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $625,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $70,465,000
Federal Government insurance: $59,863,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 41.15 millions of gallons per day (46% from ground, 54% from surface)

• Year house built in Smith County, Texas
• 5,7362014 or later
• 3,6122010 to 2013
• 14,2052000 to 2009
• 12,0211990 to 1999
• 14,0301980 to 1989
• 12,8581970 to 1979
• 10,2831960 to 1969
• 9,2131950 to 1959
• 6,5061940 to 1949
• 3,3801939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Smith County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Smith County, Texas
• 3891 room
• 982 rooms
• 9953 rooms
• 5,2614 rooms
• 12,6495 rooms
• 13,0996 rooms
• 9,5847 rooms
• 5,3718 rooms
• 5,0699+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Smith County, Texas
• 1,2001 room
• 1,8162 rooms
• 4,0933 rooms
• 6,4414 rooms
• 5,3625 rooms
• 4,7056 rooms
• 1,3547 rooms
• 7338 rooms
• 3819+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Smith County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Smith County, Texas
• 462no bedroom
• 7851 bedroom
• 6,8022 bedrooms
• 30,2383 bedrooms
• 12,6364 bedrooms
• 1,5925+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Smith County, Texas
• 1,247no bedroom
• 4,7391 bedroom
• 9,4192 bedrooms
• 9,4403 bedrooms
• 1,2404 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Smith County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 581no vehicle
• 12,3851 vehicle
• 24,4212 vehicles
• 10,1573 vehicles
• 3,7204 vehicles
• 1,2515+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Smith County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,490no vehicle
• 11,3511 vehicle
• 9,8562 vehicles
• 1,9093 vehicles
• 4794 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

87.1% of Smith County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 157,427
• Other state: 52,238
• Northeast: 3,634
• Midwest: 10,532
• South: 26,150
• West: 11,922

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 4,351
• Number of aged recipients: 567
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,784
• Number of recipients under 18: 905
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,491
• Number of recipients older than 64: 955
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,605
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,921

Smith County on our top lists:

• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #71 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #90 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"