Blum, Texas
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Blum is a town in
Hill County Hill County is the name of two counties in the United States: * Hill County, Montana Hill County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 16, ...
,
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, United States. The population was 383 at the 2020 census.


Geography

Blum is located in northwestern Hill County at the junction of Farm to Market Highways 67 and 933. It is northwest of Hillsboro, the
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, and south of Cleburne. According to the
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, the town has a total area of , of which , or 1.87%, are water. The
Nolan River Nolan River is a river in north central Texas, running through Johnson County and Hill County and is part of the Brazos River drainage basin. The Nolan's headwaters are in farm land in northwest Johnson County. The river runs generally paralle ...
flows through the northern and western sides of the town, running southwest to the
Brazos River The Brazos River ( , ), called the ''Río de los Brazos de Dios'' (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater ...
in Lake Whitney.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 399 people, 147 households, and 110 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 177 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 92.73%
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, 0.50%
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, 0.50% Native American, 3.51% from other races, and 2.76% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 8.52% of the population. There were 147 households, out of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were
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living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.17. In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $31,094, and the median income for a family was $40,521. Males had a median income of $30,250 versus $22,708 for females. The
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for the town was $11,459. About 13.9% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the
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, including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.


Education

The town is served by the Blum Independent School District.


Notable person

* Jim Joseph Carmichall, former member of the
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References

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