Hemphill County, Texas

Hemphill County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 3,351. It is named for, a judge and congressman. Hemphill County is one of 46, or entirely , counties in the state of Texas. The, and only community, of the county is.

The Abraham dynasty
One of Hemphill County's well-known citizens was (-), an  from. A department store owner and civic booster in Canadian, Abraham also worked to assist immigrants in becoming American citizen.

Abraham's younger brother,, was a wealthy and  developer and  who served as  of Canadian in the 1950s and in the  in the.

, is a retired from Canadian and a major patron of the. He is building a 14,000-square foot home and art museum in Canadian, which will be called the "Citadel". Malouf, Jr., and his wife, the former Therese Browne of, have three sons, a part of the fourth generation of Abrahams in Canadian. Eddie Abraham is a cattle-calf er; Salem Andrew Abraham is a trader. Jason Abraham operates a large ranch.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,362 (912 ). 2,356 km² (910 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.26%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,351 people, 1,280 households, and 948 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (4/sq mi). There were 1,548 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.65%, 1.55% or , 0.72% , 0.27% , 0.03% , 8.48% from , and 1.31% from two or more races. 15.58% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,280 households out of which 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.20% were living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.00% 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 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 28.00% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 101.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,456, and the median income for a family was $42,036. Males had a median income of $31,154 versus $19,423 for females. The for the county was $16,929. About 10.90% of families and 12.60% of the population were below the, including 16.70% of those under age 18 and 12.80% of those age 65 or over.