Madisonville is a city

City

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 in Madison County, Texas

Texas

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, United States

United States

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. The population was 4,159 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat

County seat

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 of Madison County. Both the City of Madisonville and the County of Madison were named for U.S. President James Madison

James Madison

James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...

, the fourth chief executive.

Geography

Madisonville is located at 30°57′3"N 95°54′45"W (30.950915, -95.912623).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.1 km²), of which, 4.2 square miles (10.9 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²) of it (3.49%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 4,159 people, 1,473 households, and 1,016 families residing in the city. The population density

Population density

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 was 1,003.3 people per square mile (386.9/km²). There were 1,653 housing units at an average density of 398.7 per square mile (153.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 56.60% White, 29.21% African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 10.56% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 2.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.24% of the population.

There were 1,473 households out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,440, and the median income for a family was $29,077. Males had a median income of $22,292 versus $19,885 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the city was $12,551. About 20.7% of families and 23.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.1% of those under age 18 and 17.0% of those age 65 or over.

History

History of Madisonville.
(Handbook of Texas Online - Published by the Texas State Historical Association)

Education

The City of Madisonville is served by the Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District

Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District

Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in Madisonville, Texas .In addition to Madisonville, the district serves the cities of Midway and Bedias as well as rural areas in eastern Madison and northeastern Grimes counties.In 2009, the school district...

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External links

• City of Madisonville