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Paris Independent School District, TX

21,544 Population
22.4 square miles 960.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 40 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,072 ±$2,396 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lamar County: $31,430 ±$1,880
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$45,151 ±$4,312 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lamar County: $61,122 ±$3,370
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

26.9% ±3.4% (5,689  ±736) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lamar County: 18.7% † 9,301 (±2.1% / ±1,049)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

15.1 minutes ±1.4 (135,405  ±14,576) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 19.5 409,425 (±0.9 / ±25,044)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

8,939 ±417 Number of households
  • Lamar County: 20,056 ±444
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.1 (21,103  ±656) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lamar County: 2.5 49,689 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

8% ±3.1% (382  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lamar County: 6.2% † 681 (±1.6% / ±176)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

10,388 ±392 Number of housing units
  • Lamar County: 22,744 ±28
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$122,200 ±$12,445 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lamar County: $175,500 ±$13,843
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

15.9% ±3.5% (3,379  ±743.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lamar County: 15% † 7,474 (±2.5% / ±1,228.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

88.7% ±5.1% (12,707  ±843.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lamar County: 88% 30,229 (±3.7% / ±1,280.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
19.8% ±2.8% (2,839  ±411.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lamar County: 20.6% 7,068 (±1.8% / ±627.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±1% (570  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 4.4% 2,217
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6.7% ±1.5% (1,081  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lamar County: 6.9% † 2,622 (±0.9% / ±350)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,081 Total veterans ±249 997 Male ±224 84 Female ±72

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