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JEWISH
JEFFERSON, TEXAS:
- JEWISH
CEMETERIES
Jefferson is an
historic city in
Marion County in northeastern
Texas,
United States. The population was
2,024 at the 2000 census. It is the
county seat of Marion County,
Texas,
and is situated in
East Texas. The city is a tourism
center, with popular attractions including:
Jay Gould's
Railroad car, the
Sterne Fountain,
Jefferson Carnegie Library,
Excelsior House, the
House of the Four Seasons, and the
bayous formed by
Big Cypress, Little Cypress, and Black Cypress
located in and around the city.
Geography: Jefferson is located at
 32°45′40″N
94°20′58″W
/ 32.76111°N
94.34944°W
/ 32.76111; -94.34944
(32.761013, -94.349331). According to the
United States Census Bureau, the
city has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11 km2), of
which, 4.3 square miles (11 km2) of it is land and 0.1
square miles (0.26 km2) of it (1.58%) is water.
Demographics: As of the
census of 2000, there were 2,024
people, 871 households, and 544 families residing in the city. The
population density was 465.7 people
per square mile (179.6/kmē). There were 1,042 housing units at an
average density of 239.7 per square mile (92.5/kmē). The racial
makeup of the city was 62.80%
White, 34.68%
African American, 0.40%
Native American, 0.84%
Asian, 0.05%
Pacific Islander, 0.54% from
other races, and 0.69% from two or
more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.63% of
the population.There were 871
households out of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 41.7% were
married couples living together,
17.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5%
were non-families. 34.6% of all households were made up of
individuals and 18.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of
age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average
family size was 2.86.
In the city the population was spread out with
21.8% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44,
24.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 80.2
males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city
was $17,034, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males
had a median income of $28,929 versus $14,583 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$15,558. About 29.4% of families and 32.9% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 54.1% of
those under age 18 and 22.7% of those age 65 or over.
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