Bowie County, Texas (TX)

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• • 56,23861.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 23,50025.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,8758.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,0692.2%Two or more races
  • 1,1511.3%Asian alone
  • 7190.8%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 3120.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1710.2%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $264,932

Here:	$264,932
State:	$369,058

Townhouses or other attached units: $219,325

Here:	$219,325
State:	$327,631

In 2-unit structures: $515,302

Here:	$515,302
State:	$374,947

Mobile homes: $79,999

Here:	$79,999
State:	$124,413

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $36,125

Here:	$36,125
State:	$73,921

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 60
• Burglaries: 80
• Thefts: 196
• Auto thefts: 60

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 13
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 43
• Burglaries: 104
• Thefts: 114
• Auto thefts: 60

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,866 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,567 (1.0%)

Area name: Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bowie County is $426 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $525 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $641 a month.

Cities in this county include: Texarkana, Maud-Elliot Creek, Wake Village, New Boston, Hooks, Dalby Springs-Simms, Nash, De Kalb, Maud, Redwater.

2023 air pollution in Bowie County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 10.0 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Calhoun County, Arkansas , Love County, Oklahoma , Douglas County, Georgia , Throckmorton County , Yoakum County .

Current college students: 3,226
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,623 (36.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,2262010 or later
• 1,2682000 to 2009
• 6251990 to 1999
• 3031980 to 1989
• 2551970 to 1979
• 238Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 28,343
• One, attached: 571
• Two: 1,239
• 3 or 4: 1,653
• 5 to 9: 1,625
• 10 to 19: 787
• 20 to 49: 403
• 50 or more: 1,078
• Mobile homes: 4,259
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 52

Housing units in Bowie County with a mortgage: 10,862 (205 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 127 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 32

Religion statistics for Bowie County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Bowie 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, 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 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 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
• Texas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3216: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, Incident Period: February 01, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3171: February 01, 2003, FEMA Id: 3171, Natural disaster type: Other
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.77% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($45,911 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.97% relocated from other counties in Texas ($18,057 average AGI)
4.80% relocated from other states ($27,854 average AGI)

Bowie County:	4.80%
Texas average:	2.83%

from Miller County, AR	1.92% ($38,668 average AGI)
from Cass County, TX	0.41% ($36,050)
from Dallas County, TX	0.27% ($35,522)
from Tarrant County, TX	0.25% ($48,494)
from Little River County, AR	0.16% ($46,741)
from Hempstead County, AR	0.15% ($30,098)
from Collin County, TX	0.13% ($72,045)

7.70% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($40,762 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.07% relocated to other counties in Texas ($16,884 average AGI)
4.63% relocated to other states ($23,879 average AGI)

Bowie County:	4.63%
Texas average:	2.08%

to Miller County, AR	1.97% ($34,713 average AGI)
to Cass County, TX	0.43% ($44,710)
to Dallas County, TX	0.33% ($48,737)
to Tarrant County, TX	0.30% ($43,379)
to Little River County, AR	0.14% ($32,531)
to Collin County, TX	0.13% ($66,239)
to Harris County, TX	0.13% ($49,022)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Bowie 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: 14,837 (4,453 living alone), Female householders: 20,632 (7,730 living alone)

• 16,559 spouses (16,559 opposite-sex spouses), 859 unmarried partners, (859 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 25,952 children (24,568 natural, 969 adopted, 415 stepchildren), 2,474 grandchildren, 642 brothers or sisters, 672 parents, 140 foster children, 2,689 other relatives, 1,333 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,246

Size of family households: 11,337 2-persons, 4,294 3-persons, 3,597 4-persons, 2,054 5-persons, 609 6-persons, 339 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,183 1-person, 869 2-persons, 187 3-persons.

12,162 married couples with children.
5,990 single-parent households (796 men, 5,194 women).

93.7% of residents of Bowie speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $811,899,000 ($8,996 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $224,113,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $285,566,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $134,384,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,990,000
Federal grants: $125,706,000
Federal procurement contracts: $143,371,000 ($129,395,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $118,881,000 ($79,725,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,369,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $25,707,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,137,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 51.63 millions of gallons per day (0% from ground, 100% from surface)

• Year house built in Bowie County, Texas
• 8252020 or later
• 5,4662010 to 2019
• 4,1592000 to 2009
• 5,3731990 to 1999
• 5,3431980 to 1989
• 7,3221970 to 1979
• 4,8621960 to 1969
• 3,7161950 to 1959
• 1,6951940 to 1949
• 1,2491939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Bowie County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bowie County, Texas
• 01 room
• 1902 rooms
• 6213 rooms
• 1,6184 rooms
• 5,1645 rooms
• 6,4136 rooms
• 3,3787 rooms
• 2,4758 rooms
• 2,6069+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bowie County, Texas
• 6171 room
• 1,1632 rooms
• 2,5533 rooms
• 3,3814 rooms
• 2,7745 rooms
• 1,2736 rooms
• 1,1527 rooms
• 918 rooms
• 09+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Bowie County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bowie County, Texas
• 0no bedroom
• 2501 bedroom
• 2,7662 bedrooms
• 15,1473 bedrooms
• 3,8404 bedrooms
• 4625+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bowie County, Texas
• 882no bedroom
• 3,8371 bedroom
• 3,0182 bedrooms
• 4,9443 bedrooms
• 3234 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bowie County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 238no vehicle
• 6,7401 vehicle
• 9,8092 vehicles
• 4,2743 vehicles
• 7034 vehicles
• 7015+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bowie County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,140no vehicle
• 6,5601 vehicle
• 2,5272 vehicles
• 1,2533 vehicles
• 664 vehicles
• 4585+ vehicles

86.3% of Bowie 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, 48% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 55,295
• Other state: 32,613
• Northeast: 1,262
• Midwest: 6,109
• South: 20,024
• West: 5,218

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,384
• Number of aged recipients: 252
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,132
• Number of recipients under 18: 868
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,980
• Number of recipients older than 64: 536
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,140
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,574

Bowie County on our top lists:

• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #93 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"