Camp County, TX
Demographic and economic profile of Camp County, TX, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Camp County is a small rural Texas county of 12,652 residents that has seen a slight population decline of 1.3% over five years, with a labor force participation rate of just 56.5% and an unemployment rate of 5.8%, reflecting a constrained local labor pool. The workforce skews toward lower-credentialed workers—only 19.7% hold a bachelor's degree or higher—with median worker earnings of $34,407 and a per capita income of $28,347, though a poverty rate of 22.4% signals meaningful economic stress. Housing costs remain low, with a median home value of $159,900 and median gross rent of $774/month, and a homeownership rate of 77.5% points to a predominantly settled, long-term residential base.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-1.3% since 2018
Camp County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone7,564 (59.1%)
- Black or African American Alone2,002 (15.6%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race1,673 (13.1%)
- Some Other Race Alone928 (7.3%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races458 (3.6%)
- Asian Alone173 (1.4%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish1,982
- 2.Vietnamese92
- 3.Other Indo-European45
- 4.Arabic35
- 5.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)29
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,283
- 2.Manufacturing (Group)818
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)621
- 4.Construction (Group)598
- 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services478
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,833
- 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,177
- 3.Service Occupations912
- 4.Sales & Office Occupations877
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations631
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.