Grayson County, Texas

Grayson County is a located in the  of. In 2000, its population was 110,595. Grayson County is included in the - and is part of the  region. It is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the. The  of the county is.

History
On, , a measuring  on the Fujita scale struck. The tornado had a damage path 400 s wide and 28 s long, killing 73 people and injuring 200. About 50 homes were destroyed, with 20 of them being completely obliterated.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,536 (979 ). 2,418 km² (934 sq mi) of it is land and 118 km² (46 sq mi) of it (4.67%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 110,595 people, 42,849 households, and 30,208 families residing in the county. The was 46/km² (118/sq mi). There were 48,315 housing units at an average density of 20/km² (52/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.20%, 5.85% or , 1.31% , 0.57% , 0.05% , 2.90% from , and 2.13% from two or more races. 6.80% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 42,849 households out of which 32.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were non-families. 25.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,178, and the median income for a family was $45,048. Males had a median income of $32,998 versus $23,414 for females. The for the county was $18,862. About 8.40% of families and 11.30% of the population were below the, including 13.80% of those under age 18 and 10.10% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns
† City extends into an adjacent county.