Morris County, Texas

Morris County is a located in the  of. In, its population was 13,048. Its is. Morris County is probably named for, a judge and planter from. Morris County is one of 46 prohibition, or entirely, counties in the state of Texas.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 670 (259 ). 659 km² (255 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (1.60%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:I-30.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:US 259.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 11.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 49.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Texas 77.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,048 people, 5,215 households, and 3,749 families residing in the county. The was 20/km² (51/sq mi). There were 6,017 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (24/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 71.71%, 24.13% or , 0.53% , 0.18% , 0.06% , 2.28% from , and 1.12% from two or more races. 3.66% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,215 households out of which 29.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.90% were living together, 14.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.20% 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 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 24.30% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 18.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,011, and the median income for a family was $35,326. Males had a median income of $30,917 versus $20,270 for females. The for the county was $15,612. About 14.90% of families and 18.30% of the population were below the, including 25.40% of those under age 18 and 12.90% of those age 65 or over.

Education
The following school districts serve Morris County:
 * (small portion in Titus County)
 * (mostly in Cass County)
 * (small portions in Titus and Cass counties)