Hamilton County, Texas

Hamilton County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 8,229. Hamilton County is named for, a former who gave financial aid to the. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,166 (836 ). 2,164 km² (835 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.08%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:US 281.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 22.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 36.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,229 people, 3,374 households, and 2,324 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 4,455 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.81%, 0.15% or , 0.44% , 0.15% , 0.05% , 4.36% from , and 1.05% from two or more races. 7.41% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,374 households out of which 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.20% were living together, 7.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.10% were non-families. 28.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 6.00% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 23.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,150, and the median income for a family was $39,494. Males had a median income of $26,703 versus $20,192 for females. The for the county was $16,800. About 10.60% of families and 14.20% of the population were below the, including 21.20% of those under age 18 and 13.80% of those age 65 or over.