2022 population: 53,333 ( 3 from 2010 , 1,110 from 2020)
Land area: 924.2 square miles
Population density: 57.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	33,204	62.26%	5.8%
Black:	8,703	16.32%	7.0%
Indian:	250	0.47%	25.6%
Asian:	354	0.66%	63.1%
2+ races:	905	1.70%	37.3%
Hispanic:	9,917	18.59%	30.3%

Total non-White:	20,129	37.74%	11.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,302	12.5
Deaths:	1,635	15.7
Net Migration:	1,371	13.1
Net Immigration:	101	1.0

Change in White population:	-2,033	-3.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,036	3.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
53,330
35,237	66.07%
9,359	17.55%
199	0.37%
217	0.41%
659	1.24%
7,609	14.27%
18,093	33.93%

2000
47,372
33,737	71.22%
9,037	19.08%
143	0.30%
115	0.24%
321	0.68%
3,998	8.44%
13,635	28.78%

1990
43,735
32,957	75.36%
8,895	20.34%
219	0.50%
56	0.13%
n/a
1,608	3.68%
10,778	24.64%

1980
41,382
31,578	76.31%
8,945	21.62%
87	0.21%
61	0.15%
n/a
699	1.69%
9,804	23.69%

1970
34,102
24,757	72.60%
9,079	26.62%
22	0.06%
7	0.02%
n/a
213	0.62%
9,345	27.40%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
5,912	12.5
4,799	10.1
55	0.1
959	2.0

1,500	3.2
4,458	9.4

Number	Rate
1990's
5,651	12.9
5,128	11.7
1,230	2.8
639	1.5

780	1.8
2,857	6.5

Number	Rate
1980's
6,359	15.4
5,125	12.4
1,465	3.5
n/a

1,379	3.3
974	2.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
5,893	17.3
n/a

6,821	20.0
459	1.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Rusk County, TX

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.8
11,799	22.1%
41,534	77.9%
8,888	16.7%

17,792
2.69

13,013	73.1%
9,441	72.6%
1,263	9.7%
4,779	26.9%

2010
Number	Percent
38.6
12,379	23.2%
40,951	76.8%
7,487	14.0%

18,476
2.60

13,333	72.2%
10,023	75.2%
1,172	8.8%
5,143	27.8%

2000
Number	Percent
38.1
11,815	24.9%
35,557	75.1%
7,382	15.6%

17,336
2.57

12,755	73.6%
10,210	80.0%
985	7.7%
4,581	26.4%

1990
Number	Percent
35.1
12,216	27.9%
31,519	72.1%
7,516	17.2%

16,366
2.63

12,280	75.0%
10,155	82.7%
935	7.6%
4,086	25.0%

1980
Number	Percent
33.3
11,577	28.0%
29,805	72.0%
7,358	17.8%

14,912
2.73

11,485	77.0%
9,942	86.6%
587	5.1%
3,427	23.0%

2022 Housing Data for Rusk County, TX

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	711	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	684	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	790	4.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	733	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	922	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,022	5.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	891	5.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	863	4.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	863	4.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,310	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,387	7.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,753	15.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,548	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	967	5.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,164	6.5%
$200,000 or more	1,184	6.7%

Median Household Income	61,661
Per Capita Income	30,365

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	88
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,234	6.9%
Public Assistance	250	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,346	13.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	16,685	60.8%
Unemployed	993	3.6%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	17,678	64.5%
Not in Labor Force	9,747	35.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		39.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	9,094	5,393	62.8%
Non-Profit	468	1,152	28.9%
Self-Employed	1,491	823	64.4%

Local Government	688	730	48.5%
State Government	432	786	35.5%
Federal Government	155	165	48.4%

Total Private + Self	10,585	6,216	63.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	1,743	2,833	38.1%
Total	12,328	9,049	57.7%

Pct. Govt.	13.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	2,434	11.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	4,166	19.4%
Professional, Technical	4,002	18.7%
Service Occupations	3,433	16.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	126	0.6%
All others	7,419	34.6%

White Collar		49.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	2,952	13.8%
Health care and social assistance	2,449	11.4%
Retail trade	2,143	10.0%
Educational services	1,974	9.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,582	7.4%
Construction	1,577	7.4%
Accommodation and food services	1,404	6.5%
Other services	1,151	5.4%
Public administration	1,052	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	957	4.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	940	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	707	3.3%
Utilities	679	3.2%
Wholesale trade	633	3.0%
Finance and insurance	547	2.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	254	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	248	1.2%
Information	175	0.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	30	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,220	15.58%
Puerto Rican	213	0.40%
Cuban	47	0.09%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	394	0.75%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	6	0.01%
Honduran	14	0.03%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	22	0.04%
Salvadoran	352	0.67%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	16	0.03%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	7	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	9	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	539	1.02%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	95	0.18%
Vietnamese	63	0.12%
Cambodian	34	0.06%
Filipino	12	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	42,870	86.0%
Spanish	6,533	13.1%
Other Asian	155	0.3%
Other Indo-European	92	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	56	0.1%
Vietnamese	36	0.1%
German, other Germanic	34	0.1%
Other	27	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	21	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	9,837	18.6%
English	5,628	10.7%
Irish	5,037	9.5%
German	4,040	7.7%
French	1,042	2.0%
Italian	749	1.4%
Scottish	687	1.3%
European	642	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	414	0.8%
Dutch	385	0.7%
Norwegian	218	0.4%
African	195	0.4%
Czech	165	0.3%
Welsh	159	0.3%
Swedish	153	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	50,441	95.6%
Not a citizen	2,314	4.4%

Native	49,355	93.6%
Foreign-born	3,400	6.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,804	5.0%	3,917	10.9%	11,897	33.0%	12,767	35.4%	3,771	10.4%	1,945	5.4%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,804	5.0%
9-12 Years	3,917	10.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	11,897	33.0%
Some College	12,767	35.4%
Bach. Degree	3,771	10.4%
Grad Degree	1,945	5.4%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	19,740	18,334	1,406	7.1%	6.4%
1991	21,542	19,917	1,625	7.5%	7.0%
1992	21,559	19,851	1,708	7.9%	7.7%
1993	20,971	19,274	1,697	8.1%	7.2%
1994	20,616	19,061	1,555	7.5%	6.6%
1995	20,162	18,719	1,443	7.2%	6.1%
1996	20,777	19,409	1,368	6.6%	5.8%
1997	20,568	19,247	1,321	6.4%	5.4%
1998	20,907	19,641	1,266	6.1%	5.0%
1999	21,081	19,834	1,247	5.9%	4.7%

2000	21,126	20,068	1,058	5.0%	4.4%
2001	21,329	20,233	1,096	5.1%	5.0%
2002	21,369	19,971	1,398	6.5%	6.3%
2003	21,768	20,294	1,474	6.8%	6.7%
2004	22,504	21,218	1,286	5.7%	6.0%
2005	22,810	21,605	1,205	5.3%	5.5%
2006	22,904	21,827	1,077	4.7%	5.0%
2007	23,430	22,447	983	4.2%	4.4%
2008	24,094	23,059	1,035	4.3%	4.9%
2009	24,334	22,449	1,885	7.7%	7.5%

2010	23,996	22,112	1,884	7.9%	8.2%
2011	24,273	22,505	1,768	7.3%	8.0%
2012	24,532	23,000	1,532	6.2%	6.7%
2013	24,263	22,744	1,519	6.3%	6.3%
2014	24,172	22,965	1,207	5.0%	5.2%
2015	22,853	21,758	1,095	4.8%	4.5%
2016	22,382	21,076	1,306	5.8%	4.6%
2017	22,123	20,992	1,131	5.1%	4.3%
2018	22,762	21,830	932	4.1%	3.9%
2019	22,895	22,076	819	3.6%	3.5%

2020	22,127	20,508	1,619	7.3%	7.6%
2021	22,175	20,854	1,321	6.0%	5.6%
2022	22,417	21,486	931	4.2%	3.9%
2023	22,842	21,916	926	4.1%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	21,188
Median Value	$148,100

Occupied	17,792	84.0%
Vacant	3,396	16.0%

Owned	14,084	79.2%
Rented	3,708	20.8%
Median Rent	$963

Single-Family Units	15,876	74.9%
Detached	15,769	74.4%
Attached	107	0.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	401	1.9%
Mobile Homes	4,013	18.9%

Rusk County, TX

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rusk County, TX

2022 Housing Data for Rusk County, TX

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rusk County, TX

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Rusk County, TX

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rusk County, TX

Historical Labor Force Data for Rusk County, TX