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Huntsville is the headquarters of the Texas Department Of Criminal Justice (the only state agency with headquarters outside of Austin ). As such, it houses the execution chamber of the state of Texas. (Death-row inmates are no longer housed in Huntsville, due to the escape of several death-row inmates from Huntsville's Ellis Unit prison, where male death-row inmates were housed from 1965 to 1999. Male death-row inmates are now housed in Texas' Polunsky Unit in Livingston , and female death-row inmates are housed in Texas' Mountain View Unit in Gatesville . Texas death-row inmates are only brought to Huntsville shortly before their scheduled execution.) Huntsville became the home of Sam Houston , the first President of the Republic Of Texas , and later Governor of the state. Located in town are two of Houston's homes, a museum, a 66 ft statue, Sam Houston State University , and Houston's grave. The statue (which is the world's largest statue of an American hero) is the title and subject of a Country Music song by Merle Haggard . GEOGRAPHY Huntsville is located at 30°42'41" North, 95°32'54" West (30.711254, -95.548373). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 80.9 Km&2 (31.2 Mi&2 ). 80.0 km&2 (30.9 mi&2) of it is land and 0.9 km&2 (0.3 mi&2) of it is water. The total area is 1.09% water. DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census of 2000, there were 35,078 people, 10,266 households, and 5,471 families residing in the city. The Population Density was 438.3/km&2 (1,135.1/mi&2). There were 11,508 housing units at an average density of 143.8/km&2 (372.4/mi&2). The racial makeup of the city was 65.78% White , 26.14% African American , 0.33% Native American , 1.11% Asian , 0.07% Pacific Islander , 4.91% from Other Races , and 1.65% from two or more races. 16.22% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 10,266 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were Married Couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.97. In the city the population was spread out with 15.1% under the age of 18, 29.3% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 152.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 163.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $27,075, and the median income for a family was $40,562. Males had a median income of $27,386 versus $22,908 for females. The Per Capita Income for the city was $13,576. 23.9% of the population and 13.1% of families were below the Poverty Line . 23.9% of those under the age of 18 and 14.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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