Upshur County, Texas (TX)

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• • 32,50077.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,9679.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,1447.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,7204.1%Two or more races
  • 2300.6%Asian alone
  • 950.2%Some other race alone
  • 440.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 310.07%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

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

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 24
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 36
• Burglaries: 131
• Thefts: 118
• Auto thefts: 31

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

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 12
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 35
• Burglaries: 114
• Thefts: 139
• Auto thefts: 33

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,788 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,578 (1.0%)

Area name: Longview, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Upshur County is $466 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $535 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $732 a month.

Cities in this county include: Gilmer, Bettie, Big Sandy, Ore City, East Mountain, Union Grove.

Neighboring counties: Baldwin County, Georgia , Bienville Parish, Louisiana , Issaquena County, Mississippi , Ouachita Parish, Louisiana , Jenkins County, Georgia , Peach County, Georgia .

Current college students: 1,046
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,433 (44.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2222010 or later
• 2642000 to 2009
• 3101990 to 1999
• 1671980 to 1989
• 1401970 to 1979
• 66Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,117
• One, attached: 205
• Two: 429
• 3 or 4: 321
• 5 to 9: 105
• 10 to 19: 57
• 20 or more: 27
• Mobile homes: 3,490
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 146

Housing units in Upshur County with a mortgage: 5,570 (230 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 185 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25

Religion statistics for Upshur County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Upshur 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 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 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 16, 2007 to August 03, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1709: June 29, 2007, FEMA Id: 1709, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

11.03% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($50,031 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.87% relocated from other counties in Texas ($37,868 average AGI)
2.16% relocated from other states ($12,163 average AGI)

Upshur County:	2.16%
Texas average:	2.83%

from Gregg County, TX	3.35% ($47,129 average AGI)
from Smith County, TX	0.72% ($44,217)
from Harrison County, TX	0.55% ($44,512)
from Wood County, TX	0.49% ($40,521)
from Rusk County, TX	0.28% ($51,610)
from Tarrant County, TX	0.27% ($66,575)
from Dallas County, TX	0.26% ($44,026)

8.69% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($45,953 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.36% relocated to other counties in Texas ($38,663 average AGI)
1.33% relocated to other states ($7,291 average AGI)

Upshur County:	1.33%
Texas average:	2.08%

to Gregg County, TX	3.04% ($44,284 average AGI)
to Smith County, TX	0.58% ($51,145)
to Harrison County, TX	0.53% ($46,553)
to Wood County, TX	0.44% ($54,238)
to Dallas County, TX	0.25% ($26,972)
to Camp County, TX	0.18% ($44,808)
to Rusk County, TX	0.18% ($46,840)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Upshur County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,681 (1,660 living alone), Female householders: 8,144 (2,106 living alone)

• 8,447 spouses (8,391 opposite-sex spouses), 607 unmarried partners, (587 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,452 children (11,047 natural, 374 adopted, 1,036 stepchildren), 1,278 grandchildren, 377 brothers or sisters, 738 parents, 40 foster children, 897 other relatives, 1,144 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 514

Size of family households: 5,656 2-persons, 2,543 3-persons, 1,815 4-persons, 803 5-persons, 331 6-persons, 233 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,766 1-person, 577 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons.

6,838 married couples with children.
1,885 single-parent households (229 men, 1,656 women).

94.9% of residents of Upshur speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English well, 42% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $194,828,000 ($5,210 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,286,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $105,150,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,929,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $426,000
Federal grants: $34,832,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,156,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,335,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $807,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,333,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,594,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.69 millions of gallons per day (68% from ground, 32% from surface)

• Year house built in Upshur County, Texas
• 1012020 or later
• 3,2132010 to 2019
• 2,6972000 to 2009
• 2,7451990 to 1999
• 2,2781980 to 1989
• 2,9061970 to 1979
• 1,2331960 to 1969
• 1,0501950 to 1959
• 5341940 to 1949
• 7701939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Upshur County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Upshur County, Texas
• 1041 room
• 552 rooms
• 6383 rooms
• 1,6074 rooms
• 2,8125 rooms
• 2,9816 rooms
• 1,5907 rooms
• 1,2468 rooms
• 1,4099+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upshur County, Texas
• 801 room
• 1202 rooms
• 2383 rooms
• 8574 rooms
• 7975 rooms
• 7526 rooms
• 2677 rooms
• 2018 rooms
• 469+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Upshur County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Upshur County, Texas
• 132no bedroom
• 5891 bedroom
• 2,2072 bedrooms
• 7,3993 bedrooms
• 1,6524 bedrooms
• 3805+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upshur County, Texas
• 79no bedroom
• 3921 bedroom
• 1,1342 bedrooms
• 1,3903 bedrooms
• 3094 bedrooms
• 775+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Upshur County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 185no vehicle
• 3,3661 vehicle
• 4,8702 vehicles
• 2,7583 vehicles
• 8534 vehicles
• 3715+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Upshur County in renter-occupied apartments
• 441no vehicle
• 1,8171 vehicle
• 9722 vehicles
• 1683 vehicles
• 354 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

87.6% of Upshur County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 29,713
• Other state: 10,864
• Northeast: 697
• Midwest: 2,468
• South: 5,060
• West: 2,619

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,011
• Number of aged recipients: 119
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 892
• Number of recipients under 18: 154
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 639
• Number of recipients older than 64: 218
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 431
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 396