Corinth is a city in

Denton County, Texas Denton County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 906,422, making it the 7th-most populous county in Texas. The county seat is Denton. The county, which was named for John B. Denton, was establish ...

, United States; it is a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 22,634 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Corinth is located at (33.143952, –97.072194). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.63%, is covered by water.

Demographics

According to the

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, there were 22,634 people, 7,208 households, and 5,965 families residing in the city. At the 2010 census, 19,935 people were living in the city. The population density was 2,523.4 people/sq mi (977.2/km). The 7,138 housing units had an average density of 903.5/sq mi (349.9/km). In 2010, the

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of the city was 84.7% White, 5.7% African American, 0.8% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 3.2% some other race, and 2.9% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 11.8%. By the 2020 census, its racial and ethnic makeup was 65.89% non-Hispanic white, 6.48% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 4.17% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.37% some other race, 5.86% multiracial, and 16.69% Hispanic or Latino of any race. According to a 2007 estimate, the median household income was $95,967, and the median family income was $96,375. Males had a median income of $52,362 versus $35,089 for females. The per capita income for the city was $30,492. About 1.0% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the

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, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over. At the 2020 American Community Survey, its median household income increased to $104,239 with a mean of $122,814.

Education

Public schools

The city of Corinth is split between Lake Dallas Independent School District (ISD) and

Denton Independent School District Denton Independent School District, sometimes shortened to Denton ISD, is a school district based in Denton, Texas. DISD's superintendent is Jamie Wilson. In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Educatio ...

. Central/eastern Corinth is in Lake Dallas ISD, with different portions zoned to Corinth Elementary and Shady Shores Elementary. Students in all of Lake Dallas ISD then move up to Lake Dallas Middle and Lake Dallas High. West and north Corinth are zoned for Denton ISD. West Corinth follows the Hawk Elementary School/Crownover Middle School/

Guyer High School John H. Guyer High School is a public high school situated in the city of Denton, Texas, in Denton County, United States and classified as a 6A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Denton Independent School District located in central Denton Co ...

feeder (a small section of streets around State School Rd feed into Nelson Elementary instead of Hawk Elementary). North Corinth follows the Stephens Elementary-Myers Middle-

Billy Ryan High School Billy Ryan High School (Ryan or RHS) is a public high school located in east Denton, Texas. It is the second high school of the Denton Independent School District and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. The original building for the school ...

feeder pattern.

Colleges and universities

Corinth is home to one of two branch campuses of

North Central Texas College North Central Texas College (NCTC) is a public community college in Gainesville, Texas. It serves Cooke County, Denton County, and Montague County, Texas. History As with many of the early community colleges, NCTC began as an extension of t ...

in Denton County (the other being in Flower Mound). The majority of Denton County, Corinth included, is in the boundary of North Central Texas College.Texas Education Code, Section 130.190, "North Central Texas College District Service Area"

Notable people

Dusty Dvoracek Dusty Dvoracek (born March 3, 1983) is a former American football nose guard. Drafted by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft, he played college football at Oklahoma and professionally wit ...

, 2001, former Chicago Bears nose tackle * Josh Jackson, 2015, cornerback for the Green Bay Packers

References

External links

City of Corinth official website

''The Lake Cities Sun''
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