Pine Forest, Texas
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This article is about the City of Pine Forest. For the unincorporated community
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 of Pine Forest in Hopkins County
Hopkins County, Texas
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, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, see Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas.


Pine Forest is a city in Orange County
Orange County, Texas
Orange County is one of 254 counties of the State of Texas and its county seat is the city of Orange, Texas. In the year 2000, the population of Orange County was about 85,000. Orange County is the county in the very southeastern corner of Texas, with a boundary with Louisiana and a seacoast on the...

, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States
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. The population was 632 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Beaumont
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...

Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Texas
-Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area
The Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas, east of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The area is also known as the Golden Triangle...

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Geography

Pine Forest is located at 30.174274°N 94.035671°W (30.174274, -94.035671).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 632 people, 223 households, and 177 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 228.3 people per square mile (88.1/km2). There were 232 housing units at an average density of 83.8 per square mile (32.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.63% White, 0.63% Native American, and 1.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of the population.

There were 223 households out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the city the population was spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $43,000, and the median income for a family was $46,058. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $19,063 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $18,308. About 5.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The City of Pine Forest is served by the Vidor Independent School District
Vidor Independent School District
The Vidor Independent School District is a public school district based in Vidor, Texas, United States. The district serves a area in northwestern Orange County and a small portion of far southwestern Jasper County, including the cities of Vidor, Rose City, and Pine Forest.In 2009, the school...

, which is the largest school district in the county
Orange County, Texas
Orange County is one of 254 counties of the State of Texas and its county seat is the city of Orange, Texas. In the year 2000, the population of Orange County was about 85,000. Orange County is the county in the very southeastern corner of Texas, with a boundary with Louisiana and a seacoast on the...

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