Friday, February 5, 2016

Center, Texas, 75935

Center is in Shelby County, which is on the border with Louisiana. Center is the county seat of Shelby County. Here is a map of Shelby County, which gives an idea of why the county seat is named Center:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=shelby+county+texas&view=detailv2&qpvt=shelby+county+texas&id=69BC479B3175193D434257C0F6E015F560355888&selectedIndex=0&ccid=VlZ48muQ&simid=607986457380915170&thid=OIP.M565678f26b90f9fa32e369f0112fff42o0&ajaxhist=0

Population of Center shakes out like this: White – 7,990; Black – 2,598; American Indian – 17; Asian – 63; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander – 0; Some other race – 7; two or more races – 92; Hispanic or Latino – 2,918.

http://www.city-data.com/zips/75935.html

The largest age group in Center is 10-14, with 1,245. The next largest age group is 0-4, 1,111.

Of people 25 and older: 26.4 percent do not have a high school diploma; 57.6 percent hold a HS diploma; and, 15.9 percent have a post-secondary degree.

Wikipedia says: About 19.4% of families and 23.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.



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