Grays Prairie is a village in

Kaufman County, Texas Kaufman County is a county in the northeast area of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 145,310. Its county seat is Kaufman. Both the county, established in 1848, and the city were named for David S. Kaufman, a ...

, United States. Its population was 337 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Grays Prairie is located in southern Kaufman County at (32.470592, –96.351171). It is south of

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, the

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, and the same distance northwest of

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. According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which , or 0.08%, is covered by water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, 296 people, 98 households, and 87 families resided in the village. The population density was . The 103 housing units had an average density of . The

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of the village was 92.23% White, 2.03% African American, 0.68% Native American, 3.38% from other races, and 1.69% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 7.43% of the population. Of the 98 households, 45.9% had children under 18 living with them, 73.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.2% were not families. About 5.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.02,, and the average family size was 3.17. In the village, the age distribution was 28.7% under, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 102.9 males. The median income for a household in the village was $43,864, and for a family was $44,722. Males had a median income of $36,000 versus $31,667 for females. The

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for the village was $17,529. None of the families and 1.5% of the population were living below the

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, including no one under 18 and 8.3% of those 65 or older.

Education

Grays Prairie is served by the

Scurry-Rosser Independent School District Scurry-Rosser Independent School District is a school district based in Scurry, Texas ( USA). In addition to Scurry, the district serves the towns of Rosser, Cottonwood, and Grays Prairie in southwestern Kaufman County. In 2009, the scho ...

References

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