Red Lick is a city in

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. It is part of the Texarkana metropolis. The population was 1,008 at the 2010 census, and 946 in 2020.

Geography

Red Lick is located in eastern Bowie County at (33.472478, –94.169552). It is northwest of downtown Texarkana.

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touches the southern border of the city, but the nearest access is either from Nash to the east or Leary to the west. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.66%, is water.

Demographics

According to the

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, there were 853 people, 302 households, and 266 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 315 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.08%

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, 3.17%

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, 0.47% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.35% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population. There were 302 households, out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.1% were

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living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.6% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.03. In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.0% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $57,045, and the median income for a family was $60,313. Males had a median income of $50,909 versus $23,333 for females. The

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for the city was $22,703. About 4.1% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the

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, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Red Lick is served by the Red Lick Independent School District.

References

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