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South Toledo Bend, Texas

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Newton

Zip Code
  
75932

Elevation
  
55 m

Area code
  
409

State
  
Texas

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

FIPS code
  
48-69326

Population
  
524 (2010)

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Area
  
14.76 km² (8.288 km² Land / 6.475 km² Water)

South Toledo Bend is a census-designated place (CDP) in Newton County, Texas, United States. The population was 524 at the 2010 census, down from 576 at the 2000 census.

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Map of South Toledo Bend, TX 75932, USA

Geography

South Toledo Bend is located at 31°9′24″N 93°36′27″W (31.156779, -93.607466). According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP has a total area of 21.2 square miles (55 km2), of which, 18.5 square miles (48 km2) of it is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) of it (12.85%) is water. The CDP lost area prior to the 2010 census. The new total area is 5.7 square miles (15 km2), of which, 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) of it is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 576 people, 289 households, and 199 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 31.2 people per square mile (12.1/km²). There were 723 housing units at an average density of 39.2/sq mi (15.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.70% White, 2.26% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.17% Asian, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 289 households out of which 10.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.0% were married couples living together, 2.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.37.

In the CDP, the population was spread out with 10.2% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 15.1% from 25 to 44, 37.2% from 45 to 64, and 34.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,697, and the median income for a family was $42,212. Males had a median income of $33,646 versus $14,375 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $20,238. About 4.1% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

South Toledo Bend, Texas Wikipedia