Camp County is in

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,464. Its

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is Pittsburg. The county was founded in 1874 and is named for John Lafayette Camp, a

politician.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.6%) is water. It is the third smallest county by area in Texas.

Major highways

* U.S. Highway 271 * State Highway 11

Adjacent counties

* Titus County (north) * Morris County (east) * Upshur County (south) * Wood County (southwest) * Franklin County (west)

Communities

City

* Pittsburg (county seat)

Town

* Rocky Mound

Unincorporated communities

* Ebenezer * Leesburg * Newsome

Ghost town

* Center Point

Demographics

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' According to the

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of 2000, there were 11,549 people, 4,336 households, and 3,156 families living in the county. The

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was 58 people per square mile (23/km²). There were 5,228 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile (10/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 69.53%

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, 19.20%

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, 0.35% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.05%

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, 9.63% from other races, and 1.07% from two or more races; 14.78% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Up from 2000's population of 11,549 people, and 2010's 12,401 residents, Camp County grew to 12,464 at the

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. Among the 2020 population, its racial and ethnic makeup was 54.03%

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, 15.06% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.84% Asian alone, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.27% some other race, 3.66% multiracial, and 25.85% Hispanic or Latino of any race. Like the majority of the United States at the time, these represented the demographic trends as the U.S. experienced great diversification.

Politics

Camp County is represented in the Texas Senate by Republican Bryan Hughes, a lawyer in Mineola.

References

External links

Camp County government's website

Camp County in ''Handbook of Texas Online''
at the

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