Angelina County, Texas

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Angelina County, Texas
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Location in the state of Texas
Texas's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	1846
Seat	Lufkin
Largest City	Lufkin
Area - Total - Land - Water	864 sq mi (2239 km²) 802 sq mi (2076 km²) 63 sq mi (163 km²), 7.28%
Population - (2000) - Density	80130 100/sq mi (39/km²)
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5
Website: http://www.angelinacounty.net/
Named for: Named for a Hainai woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them.

Angelina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Angelina County was formed in 1846 from Nacogdoches County. As of 2000, the population was 80,130. Its county seat is Lufkin ⁶. Angelina is named for a Hainai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them. (See List of Texas county name etymologies.) Angelina County is no longer a dry county.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Major Highways
- 1.2 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Communities
- 3.1 Cities
4 Education
5 External links

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,239 km² (864 mi²). 2,076 km² (802 mi²) of it is land and 163 km² (63 mi²) of it (7.28%) is water.

[edit] Major Highways

[edit] Adjacent counties

Nacogdoches County (north)
San Augustine County (northeast)
Jasper County (southeast)
Tyler County (south)
Polk County (southwest)
Trinity County (west)
Houston County (west)
Cherokee County (northwest)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 80,130 people, 28,685 households, and 21,255 families residing in the county. The population density was 39/km² (100/mi²). There were 32,435 housing units at an average density of 16/km² (40/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 75.10% White, 14.72% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 7.77% from other races, and 1.42% from two or more races. 14.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 28,685 households out of which 36.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were married couples living together, 12.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 22.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.70% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,806, and the median income for a family was $39,505. Males had a median income of $30,373 versus $20,221 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,876. About 12.40% of families and 15.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.90% of those under age 18 and 12.30% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Communities

[edit] Cities

Alco (unincorporated)
Bald Hill (unincorporated)
Buelah (unincorporated)
Burke
Cedar Grove (unincorporated)
Central (unincorporated)
Clawson (unincorporated)
Davisville (unincorporated)
Diboll
Dolan (unincorporated)
Dunagan (unincorporated)
Durant (unincorporated)
Ewing (unincorporated)
Herty
Homer
Hudson
Huntington
Jonesville (unincorporated)
Lufkin
Marion (unincorporated)
Moffitt (unincorporated)
Oak Flat (unincorporated)
Peavy (unincorporated)
Platt (unincorporated)
Pollok (unincorporated)
Prairie Grove (unincorporated)
Redland (unincorporated)
Redtown (unincorporated)
Rocky Springs (unincorporated)
Shady Grove (unincorporated)
Shawnee (unincorporated)
Shawnee Prairie (unincorporated)
Thomas Crossing (unincorporated)
Woodlawn (unincorporated)
Zavalla

[edit] Education

Angelina College serves Angelina County and Stephen F. Austin State University is located in nearby Nacogdoches.

The following school districts serve Angelina County:

[edit] External links

Angelina County Government
[1] Handbook of Texas Online article about Angelina County, Texas

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