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Sabine County is a county located on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,894.<ref name="QF">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was organized on December 14, 1837, and named for the Sabine River, which forms its eastern border.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (15%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Major highways

National Protected Areas

Sabine National Forest (part)

Adjacent counties and parish

History

Like other eastern Texas counties, Sabine was originally developed as cotton plantations, which depended on the labor of numerous enslaved African Americans. After the Civil War and emancipation, many freedmen remained in the rural area, working as tenant farmers and sharecroppers. There was considerable violence by whites against blacks during and after Reconstruction. After 1877 and through the early 20th century, Sabine County had 10 lynchings of blacks by whites in acts of racial terrorism. This was the fourth-highest total in the state, where lynchings took place in nearly all counties through this period.<ref>Lynching in America, Third Edition: Supplement by County, pp. 9-10, Equal Justice Initiative, Mobile, Alabama, 2017.</ref>

From 1930 to 1970, the population declined as many African Americans left this rural county and other parts of the South in the Great Migration to escape Jim Crow oppression and seek better jobs, especially in Northern industrial cities and on the West Coast, where the defense industry built up during World War II.Template:Citation needed

Demographics

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2020 census

**Sabine County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition**
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name="2020CensusP2">Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	9,484	9,894	87.54%	83.96%
Black or African American alone (NH)	778	734	7.18%	7.42%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	54	51	0.50%	0.52%
Asian alone (NH)	33	52	0.30%	0.53%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Other Race alone (NH)	6	35	0.06%	0.35%
Mixed Race or Multiracial (NH)	135	322	1.25%	3.25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	344	393	3.18%	3.97%
Total	10,834	9,894	100.00%	100.00%

2000 Census

As of the census<ref name="GR8">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 10,469 people, 4,485 households, and 3,157 families residing in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 7,659 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 87.85% White, 9.92% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.82% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. 1.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,485 households, out of which 23.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were married couples living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.40% 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 2.78.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.10% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 21.10% from 25 to 44, 27.20% from 45 to 64, and 24.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 93.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,198, and the median income for a family was $32,554. Males had a median income of $28,695 versus $21,141 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,821. About 11.80% of families and 15.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.90% of those under age 18 and 12.70% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The following school districts serve Sabine County:

The county is in the service area of Angelina College.<ref>Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.165. ANGELINA COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA, Statutes.capitol.texas.gov</ref>

Communities

Cities

Hemphill (county seat)
Pineland

Unincorporated areas

COVID-19 pandemic

In July 2021, Sabine County ranked the highest in the United States for cases of Coronavirus per 100,000 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Politics

Sabine County has become a solidly Republican county since the beginning of the 21st century but previously leaned Democratic, voting for Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996 and also against Texan George H. W. Bush in 1988 and 1992.

Sabine County is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican Travis Clardy.

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