Bowie County, Texas

Infobox U.S. County
county = Bowie County
state = Texas

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map size = 250
founded = 1840
seat = Boston | area_total_sq_mi =923
area_land_sq_mi =888
area_water_sq_mi =35
area percentage = 3.78%
census yr = 2000
pop = 89306
density_km2 =39
web =
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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 BostonGR|6. 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.

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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Adjacent counties

*McCurtain County, Oklahoma (north)
*Little River County, Arkansas (northeast)
*Miller County, Arkansas (southeast)
*Cass County (south)
*Morris County (southwest)
*Red River County (west)

Demographics

As of the censusGR|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.

Cities and towns

*Boston
*Dalby Springs (ghost town)
*De Kalb
*Hooks
*Hubbard (unincorporated)
*Leary
*Malta (unincorporated)
*Maud
*Nash
*New Boston
*Red Lick
*Redwater
*Simms (unincorporated)
*Texarkana
*Wake Village

Education

The following school districts serve Bowie County:
*De Kalb ISD
*Hooks ISD
*Hubbard ISD
*Leary ISD
*Liberty-Eylau ISD
*Malta ISD
*Maud ISD
*New Boston ISD
*Pleasant Grove ISD
*Red Lick ISD
*Redwater ISD
*Simms ISD
*Texarkana ISD

See also

*Dry counties

References

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