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Nacogdoches, TX
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Nacogdoches is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 31,990 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Nacogdoches is the 105th largest community in Texas.

Of important note, Nacogdoches is also a city of artists. Nacogdoches has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Nacogdoches’s character.

Nacogdoches is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Nacogdoches have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Nacogdoches’s economy is one such example of this.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Nacogdoches spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.99 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

In terms of college education, Nacogdoches is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.91% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Nacogdoches in 2018 was $22,374, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,496 for a family of four. However, Nacogdoches contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Nacogdoches also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.89% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Nacogdoches is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Nacogdoches home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nacogdoches residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Nacogdoches also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Nacogdoches include English, German, Irish, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Nacogdoches is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.


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