Smith County, Texas

Smith County is a located in the U.S. state of. In 2000, its population was 174,706, while in 2005 it was estimated to have reached 194,635. Its is. Smith county is named for, a general during the. Smith County is primarily dry, but the city of Tyler is "damp" allowing wine sales in town without a local option election.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,459 (949 ). 2,404 km² (928 sq mi) of it is land and 55 km² (21 sq mi) of it (2.22%) is water. The county infrastructure includes some 1180 miles of two lane county road. 70% of these county roads were rated "bad" or "poor" in 2004. The county Commissioners Court appointed a new county engineer in 2005 and initiated an aggressive reconstruction campaign.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 174,706 people, 65,692 households, and 46,904 families residing in the county. The was 73/km² (188/sq mi). There were 71,701 housing units at an average density of 30/km² (77/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 71.61%, 20.06% or , 0.43% , 0.70% , 0.03% , 5.74% from , and 1.44% from two or more races. 11.17% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 65,692 households out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.50% were living together, 12.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 24.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.60% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,148, and the median income for a family was $44,534. Males had a median income of $32,451 versus $22,351 for females. The for the county was $19,072. About 10.20% of families and 13.80% of the population were below the, including 18.40% of those under age 18 and 10.80% of those age 65 or over.

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