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Community Overview
Panola County is adjacent to the Louisiana border, 42
miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana, 196 miles north of Houston, and
168 miles east of Dallas. The county is in the East Texas
 Piney
Woods. Carthage is the county seat.The
Piney Woods is a terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States
covering portions of East Texas, Southern Arkansas, Western
Louisiana, and Southeastern Oklahoma. This coniferous forest is
dominated by several species of pine, including Longleaf Pine,
Shortleaf Pine and Loblolly Pine, as well as several varieties of
hardwoods including Hickory and Oak. The World Wide Fund for Nature
considers the Piney Woods to be one of the critically endangered
ecoregions of the United States. Wisteria is also commonplace and
can cover entire groves of trees in the wild. Flowering species of
tree, such as Dogwood and the Eastern Redbud are also now common in
the wild.
Population
Total can be greater
than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races.
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County |
2000
Census |
July
2006 Estimate |
Difference |
Percent
Different |
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Panola |
22,756 |
22,989 |
233 |
1.02% |
Demographics
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Demographics |
Panola County |
Texas |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
22,989 |
23,507,783 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1,
2006 |
1.00% |
12.70% |
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Population, 2000 |
22,756 |
20,851,820 |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
|
16.00% |
9.90% |
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Female persons, percent, 2005 |
51.70% |
50.20% |
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White persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
81.10% |
83.20% |
|
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
17.40% |
11.70% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent,
2005 (a) |
0.40% |
0.70% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
0.40% |
3.30% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent,
2005 |
0.00% |
0.10% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005
|
0.70% |
1.10% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005
(b) |
5.10% |
35.10% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
|
76.20% |
49.20% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+,
2000 |
4.60% |
31.20% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+,
2000 |
75.90% |
75.70% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+,
2000 |
13.40% |
23.20% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
4,870 |
3,605,542 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+
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25.9 |
25.4 |
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Housing units, 2005 |
10,875 |
9,026,011 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
80.80% |
63.80% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
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3.20% |
24.20% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$60,600 |
$82,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
8,821 |
7,393,354 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$36,697 |
$41,645 |
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Per
capita money income, 1999 |
$15,439 |
$19,617 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
14.20% |
16.20% |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
148,008 |
228,694,755 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$6,497 |
$10,528 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2002 ($1000)
|
9,837 |
29,914,774 |
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Geography |
Panola County |
Texas |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
800.92 |
261,797.12 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 |
28.4 |
79.6 |
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FIPS Code |
365 |
48 |
Climate
Average Maximum Temperature
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
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°C |
13.3 |
16.0 |
20.8 |
25.1 |
28.6 |
32.1 |
34.3 |
34.3 |
30.8 |
26.1 |
20.2 |
15.2 |
24.7 |
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°F |
55.9 |
60.8 |
69.4 |
77.2 |
83.5 |
89.8 |
93.7 |
93.7 |
87.4 |
79.0 |
68.4 |
59.4 |
76.5 |
Source:
CARTHAGE,
PANOLA
COUNTY data derived from
NCDC TD 9641 Clim 81 1961-1990 Normals.
30 years between 1961 and 1990
Average Minimum Temperature
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|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
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°C |
0.5 |
2.3 |
7.1 |
11.7 |
15.8 |
19.5 |
21.3 |
20.6 |
17.5 |
11.2 |
6.1 |
2.0 |
11.3 |
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°F |
32.9 |
36.1 |
44.8 |
53.1 |
60.4 |
67.1 |
70.3 |
69.1 |
63.5 |
52.2 |
43.0 |
35.6 |
52.3 |
Source:
CARTHAGE,
PANOLA
COUNTY data
derived from
NCDC TD 9641
Clim 81 1961-1990 Normals.
30 years between 1961 and 1990
Average
Rainfall
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
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mm |
110.9 |
104.4 |
101.6 |
116.7 |
130.5 |
112.4 |
79.1 |
64.1 |
95.3 |
105.6 |
117.5 |
128.3 |
1267.5 |
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inches |
4.4 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
5.1 |
4.4 |
3.1 |
2.5 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
5.1 |
49.9 |
Source:
CARTHAGE,
PANOLA
COUNTY data
derived from
NCDC
Cooperative Stations.
39 complete years between 1951 and 1995
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