Newton County, TX

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2023 Population

12,193

1.14% 1-year decline

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

About

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None of the households in Newton County, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Newton County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 37.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Newton County, TX was N/A per household.

Newton County, TX borders Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Orange County, TX, and Sabine County, TX.

United States Texas Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

Economy

The economy of Newton County, TX employs N/A people. The largest industries in Newton County, TX are Construction (618 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (608 people), and Manufacturing (596 people), and the highest paying industries are .

Employment

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Newton County, TX, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Newton County, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Newton County, TX, are Construction (618 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (608 people), and Manufacturing (596 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Newton County, TX, though some of these residents may live in Newton County, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Construction ($65,875), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($63,456), and Public Administration ($63,000).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($67,974), Wholesale Trade ($44,531), and Public Administration ($35,089).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

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Retail Trade
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Other Services (except Public Administration)
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Retail Trade

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

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Utilities
$4.56k
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
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Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Newton County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 80.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (19.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.558%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (80.1%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (19.2%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.558%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Newton County, TX for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

Ted Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Newton County, TX have an average commute time of 37.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Newton County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Newton County, TX colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in Newton County, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Newton County, TX is from Newton County, TX.

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This chart shows the number of workers in Newton County, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (86.5%)
Carpooled (6.77%)
Worked At Home (5.48%)

In 2023, 86.5% of workers in Newton County, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (6.77%) and those who worked at home (5.48%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

37.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Newton County, TX have a longer commute time (37.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Newton County, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Newton County, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Medicaid

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Newton County, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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