Rusk County is located in the East Texas Region of Texas. The County Seat is Henderson and the largest city is Henderson. The 2014 population estimate is 53,923 and the 2010 census population was 53,336. The land area is 924.03 square miles and there are 57.7 persons per square mile.
79.1% of the population is White, 17.6% is Black or African American, 15.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% is Asian, 1% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.6% is two or more races. 79.8% have a high school degree or higher, and 13.8% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $93,000, there are 17,772 households, an average of 2.73 persons per household. The per capita income is $21,640, the median household income is $45,752, and 17.8% of the persons in Rusk County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 3,256. Retail sales (in $1000) were $354,320, and sales per capita were $7,313.
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| Rusk County Rusk County, Texas official government website. |
| Property | CAD Rusk County Appraisal District real estate and mineral property records, policies, procedures, reports, and forms. Address: Rusk CAD, 107 N. Van Buren St., Henderson, TX 75652-3113. Phone: 903-657-3578. |
| Property | GIS Rusk County Appraisal District interactive GIS map parcel record search. |
| Recorded Documents Search for deeds, mortgages, and other recorded documents in Rusk County by name and instrument type, instrument number, or volume and page. When you reach their page, click the CLICK HERE link at the top. Then select Rusk Grantor/Grantee. On the next page, click on the FREE SEARCH link at the top. |
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