Bowie County, Texas

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Bowie County, Texas
Map
Map of Texas highlighting Bowie County
Location in the state of Texas
Map of the U.S. highlighting Texas
Texas's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded 1840
Seat Boston
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water
923 sq mi (2,391 km²)
888 sq mi (2,300 km²)
35 sq mi (91 km²), 3.78%
Population
 - (2000)
 - Density
89,306
101/sq mi (39/km²)

Bowie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 89,306. Its county seat is Boston[1]. Bowie is named for James Bowie, the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

Bowie County is one of 46 prohibition or entirely dry counties in the state of Texas. However, the community of Texarkana straddles the state line with Arkansas, and the Arkansas side is in Miller County which is wet. State Line Avenue runs directly north and south through Texarkana, literally riding on the state line; thus there are numerous liquor stores on the Arkansas (east) side of the avenue, and none on the Texas (west) side.

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[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 923 square miles (2,390 km²), of which, 888 square miles (2,300 km²) of it is land and 35 square miles (90 km²) of it (3.78%) is water.

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[edit] Demographics

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 89,306 people, 33,058 households, and 23,438 families residing in the county. The population density was 101 people per square mile (39/km²). There were 36,463 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile (16/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 73.26% White, 23.42% Black or African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.12% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. 4.47% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 33,058 households out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.00% were married couples living together, 15.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.10% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,001, and the median income for a family was $41,108. Males had a median income of $31,883 versus $21,439 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,357. About 13.80% of families and 17.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.00% of those under age 18 and 12.40% of those age 65 or over.

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[edit] Education

The following school districts serve Bowie County:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

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Coordinates: 33°27′N 94°25′W / 33.45, -94.42