The following school districts serve Hunt County: They are the Herald-Banner (Greenville) and the Commerce Journal (Commerce).Īerial shot of Texas A&M University-Commerce Two newspapers besides The Dallas Morning News circulate within the county. KGVL in Greenville is another radio station within the county. KETR is a 100,000 watt radio station that can reach up to 75 miles away the station serves Commerce, A&M-Commerce, Hunt County, and surrounding cities. In addition to this, there is a radio station located at Texas A&M University-Commerce called KETR and located on 88.9 FM on the radio. Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Hunt County come from the Tyler/ Longview/ Jacksonville market, and they include: KLTV-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV. Local media outlets are: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV.
Hunt County is part of the Dallas/ Fort Worth DMA. About 8.60% of families and 12.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 11.70% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the county was $17,554. Males had a median income of $33,347 versus $23,085 for females. The median income for a household in the county was $36,752, and for a family was $44,388. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.30 males. For every 100 females, there were 98.10 males. In the county, the population was distributed as 26.50% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.08. Of the 28,742 households, 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.20% were married couples living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were not families 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. About 8.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the county was 83.57% White, 9.45% Black or African American, 0.73% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.93% from other races, and 1.70% from two or more races. The 32,490 housing units averaged 39 per square mile (15/km 2). The population density was 91 people per square mile (35/km 2). Demographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2000, 76,596 people, 28,742 households, and 20,521 families resided in the county.