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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $808 (1.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Anderson County is $453 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $522 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $687 a month.
Cities in this county include: Palestine
, Elkhart
, Frankston
, Cayuga
, Montague-Forestburg
.
Neighboring
counties: Cherokee County
, Freestone County
, Henderson County
, Houston County
, Leon County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Anderson County: Calhoun
(A),
Yard
(B),
Camp Bette Perot
(C),
Anderson Camp Ground
(D),
Cayuga School
(E),
Big Camp
(F),
Roustabout Camp
(G),
Bois D Arc
(H),
Foster School
(I),
Frankston Depot Library
(J),
Frankston Depot Museum
(K),
McDonald Museum
(L)
Churches in Anderson County include: Pert
Church
(A),
Pickle Chapel
(B),
Pigsah Church
(C),
Pilgrim Church
(D),
Pilgrim Hill Church
(E),
Cedar Creek Church
(F),
Pine Hill Church
(G),
Providence Church
(H),
Rocky Mound Church
(I)
Cemeteries: White
Oak Cemetery
(1),
Jimmison Quarter Cemetery
(2),
Earls Chapel
(3),
Cedar Creek Cemetery
(4),
Judson Cemetery
(5),
Chambers Cemetery
(6),
Todd Pond
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Phillips
Lake
(A),
Old Salt Works Lake
(B),
Goose Pond
(C),
Weed Lake
(D),
Black Lake
(E),
Long Lake
(F),
McFarlen Lake
(G),
Mossy Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Beech
Creek
(A),
Keechie Creek
(B),
Wells Creek
(C),
Bee Branch
(D),
Beaver Creek
(E),
Little Brushy Creek
(F),
Hardshell Creek
(G),
Hall Branch
(H),
Gum Creek
(I)
Parks in Anderson County include: Gus
Engeling Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Davey Park
(2),
Davey Dogwood Park
(3),
Texas State Railroad State Historical Park
(4),
Strong Memorial Park
(5),
Big Lake Bottom Wildlife Management Area
(6),
Kickapoo Battlefield Monument
(7),
Houston Mound Historical Marker
(8)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 1,438
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 64.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,782 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Anderson
County: |
3.2% | | Whole
state: | 13.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 386
- 1990
to 1994: 431
- 1985
to 1989: 262
- 1980
to 1984: 381
- 1975
to 1979: 153
- 1970
to 1974: 98
- 1970
to 1974: 38
- 1965
to 1969: 33
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Mean travel time to work: 22.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 12,335
- One,
attached: 222
- Two:
187
- 3
or 4: 384
- 5
to 9: 348
- 10
to 19: 264
- 20
or more: 583
- Mobile
homes: 3,981
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 132
Housing units in Anderson County with a mortgage: 3,370 (113 second mortgage, 142 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,385 Agriculture
in Anderson County
Average size of farms: 210 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $13293
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $128.75
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 71.36%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $15485
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.05%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.09%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $25800
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.37%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 21.04
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.55%
Vegetables: 472 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 666 acresAnderson
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Texas state average. It is 3.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 90 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/15/1987, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 59 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Public
administration (16%)
- Construction
(10%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Mining
(6%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (15%)
- Public
administration (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(62%)
- El
Salvador (8%)
- Philippines
(6%)
- Guatemala
(6%)
- India
(6%)
- Canada
(2%)
- Germany
(1%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Anderson County:
|
- United
States or American (21%)
- Irish
(9%)
- English
(9%)
- German
(8%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Scottish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 13,247 (79%)
- Carpooled:
2,677 (16%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 37 (0%)
- Taxi:
12 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
13 (0%)
- Bicycle:
4 (0%)
- Walked:
233 (1%)
- Other
means: 95 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 384 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Anderson County, Texas
- 10750
people in state prisons
- 3288
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 487
people in nursing homes
- 33
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 30
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 26
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 7
people in other group homes
- 4
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,586.
8.25% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,470 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.25% | | Texas
average: | 8.37% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.37% relocated from other counties in Texas ($27,197 average AGI)
1.89% relocated from other states ($8,272 average AGI)
| Anderson
County: |
1.89% | | Texas
average: | 3.06% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Smith County, TX
|
0.70% ($31,790 average AGI) |
| from
Henderson County, TX
|
0.67% ($31,188) |
| from
Harris County, TX
|
0.56% ($48,288) |
| from
Cherokee County, TX
|
0.40% ($27,298) |
| from
Dallas County, TX
|
0.38% ($28,018) |
| from
Houston County, TX
|
0.35% ($27,620) |
| from
Tarrant County, TX
|
0.35% ($74,140) |
7.46% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,330 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.46% | | Texas
average: |
7.44% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.11% relocated to other counties in Texas ($24,613 average AGI)
1.34% relocated to other states ($5,717 average AGI)
| Anderson
County: |
1.34% | | Texas
average: | 2.17% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Smith County, TX
|
0.78% ($32,847 average AGI) |
| to
Henderson County, TX
|
0.56% ($28,388) |
| to
Dallas County, TX
|
0.43% ($22,311) |
| to
Cherokee County, TX
|
0.34% ($28,388) |
| to
Houston County, TX
|
0.34% ($23,792) |
| to
Harris County, TX
|
0.32% ($24,133) |
| to
Tarrant County, TX
|
0.28% ($28,000) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.0
Births
per 1000 population in Anderson County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0
Deaths
per 1000 population in Anderson County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.8
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Anderson County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,691 (6,521 aged, 1,170 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 40,441
- In
family households: 35,639 (8,759 male householders, 2,645 female householders)
8,830
spouses, 12,569 children (11,300 natural, 253 adopted, 1,016 stepchildren), 982 grandchildren, 221 brothers or sisters, 269 parents, 634 other relatives, 730 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,802 (1,627 male householders (1,345 living alone)), 2,642 female householders (2,528 living alone)), 533 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 14,668 (14,580 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,932 2-persons, 2,553 3-persons, 2,165 4-persons, 1,151 5-persons, 376 6-persons, 227 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,873 1-person, 320 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 14 5-persons.
7,213 married couples with children.
2,770 single-parent households (533 men, 2,237 women).
93.2% of residents of Anderson County speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well, 1% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $280,345,000 ($4996 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,249,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $128,900,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $74,049,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $162,000
Federal grants: $65,563,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,405,000 ($59,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,266,000 ($273,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $715,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $11,181,000
Federal Government insurance: $5,944,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,428
| Here: |
61 per 1000 residents | | State: | 85
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,131
| Here: |
56 per 1000 residents | | State: |
35 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +314
| Here: |
+6 per 1000 residents | | State: | +29
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +752
| Here: |
+13 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+10 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Anderson County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.44 millions of gallons per day (49% from ground, 51% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 554
- 1995
to 1998: 1,525
- 1990
to 1994: 1,116
- 1980
to 1989: 4,402
- 1970
to 1979: 3,872
- 1960
to 1969: 2,201
- 1950
to 1959: 1,861
- 1940
to 1949: 1,095
- 1939
or earlier: 1,810
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Anderson County, Texas: |
- 1
room: 44
- 2
rooms: 191
- 3
rooms: 560
- 4
rooms: 1,428
- 5
rooms: 3,764
- 6
rooms: 2,823
- 7
rooms: 1,452
- 8
rooms: 776
- 9
or more rooms: 547
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Anderson County, Texas: |
- 1
room: 56
- 2
rooms: 242
- 3
rooms: 620
- 4
rooms: 1,086
- 5
rooms: 1,302
- 6
rooms: 482
- 7
rooms: 206
- 8
rooms: 61
- 9
or more rooms: 38
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Anderson County: |
- no
bedroom: 73
- 1
bedroom: 391
- 2
bedrooms: 2,878
- 3
bedrooms: 6,888
- 4
bedrooms: 1,138
- 5
or more bedrooms: 217
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Anderson County: |
- no
bedroom: 74
- 1
bedroom: 754
- 2
bedrooms: 1,752
- 3
bedrooms: 1,323
- 4
bedrooms: 150
- 5
or more bedrooms: 40
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Anderson County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 517
- 1
vehicle: 3,462
- 2
vehicles: 5,252
- 3
vehicles: 1,867
- 4
vehicles: 370
- 5
or more vehicles: 117
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Anderson County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 739
- 1
vehicle: 2,016
- 2
vehicles: 1,099
- 3
vehicles: 187
- 4
vehicles: 25
- 5
or more vehicles: 27
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62% of Anderson County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Texas.
| Anderson
County: |
62.2% | | State
average: |
51.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 32477
- Northeast:
494
- Midwest:
1622
- South:
14067
- West:
4386
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(53%)
- Utility
gas (29%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood
(3%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(55%)
- Utility
gas (28%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 137
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 407
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 149
Anderson
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $4,500,000
- Charges
- All Other: $1,757,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $3,569,000
Police Protection: $2,834,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,681,000
General - Other: $1,661,000
Corrections - Other: $1,594,000
Financial Administration: $815,000
General Public Buildings: $323,000
Central Staff Services: $310,000
Welfare - Other: $151,000
Solid Waste Management: $138,000
Fire Protection: $120,000
Libraries: $95,000
Natural Resources - Other: $71,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $4,500,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $4,500,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $352,000
Interest Earnings: $290,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $162,000
General - Other: $115,000
Central Staff: $35,000
Police Protection: $25,000
Corrections - Other: $2,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $12,807,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,007,000
Public Welfare: $150,000
General Support: $126,000
Highways: $4,000
- Tax
- Property: $7,143,000
Total General Sales: $1,663,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,330,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $6,037,000
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