Ellis County, Texas

Ellis County is a located in the  of. In 2000, its population was 111,360. It forms part of the. It is named for, president of the convention that produced the. The of the county is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,465 (952 ). 2,434 km² (940 sq mi) of it is land and 30 km² (12 sq mi) of it (1.23%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 111,360 people, 37,020 households, and 29,653 families residing in the county. The was 46/km² (118/sq mi). There were 39,071 housing units at an average density of 16/km² (42/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 80.63%, 8.64% or , 0.59% , 0.35% , 0.02% , 7.90% from , and 1.86% from two or more races. 18.42% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 37,020 households out of which 42.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.80% were living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.90% were non-families. 16.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the county, the population was spread out with 30.20% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 9.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $50,350, and the median income for a family was $55,358. Males had a median income of $37,613 versus $26,612 for females. The for the county was $20,212. About 6.80% of families and 8.60% of the population were below the, including 11.10% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.