Stephens County, Texas

Stephens County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 9,674. Its is. The county was originally named Buchanan County, after U.S. President, but was renamed in for , the vice president of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,387 (921 ). 2,317 km² (895 sq mi) of it is land and 70 km² (26 sq mi) of it (2.91%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[image:US 183.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 67.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

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 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,674 people, 3,661 households, and 2,591 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (11/sq mi). There were 4,893 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 86.89%, 2.92% or , 0.35% , 0.29% , 0.02% , 8.15% from , and 1.39% from two or more races. 14.66% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,661 households out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.30% were living together, 9.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.20% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 25.60% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 17.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 103.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,583, and the median income for a family was $35,293. Males had a median income of $26,421 versus $21,280 for females. The for the county was $15,475. About 12.60% of families and 15.60% of the population were below the, including 22.60% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.

Other Settlements
These are recognized as towns by locals, but have very low populations and are better described as hamlets or villages.
 * Caddo
 * Eolian
 * Gunsight
 * Harpersville
 * Ivan
 * Necessity
 * Wayland