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EDITION 2026.08 /8,821 RECORDS / PUBLIC DOMAIN

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County / FIPS 48193

Hamilton County

Texas

Hamilton County runs 6 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS.

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At a glance

Public schools

6schools

Hospitals

1facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

836sq mi

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Hamilton County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

8,406people

2618th of 3,222

Median household income

$58,219

2244th of 3,222

Poverty rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Unemployment rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Median home value

$147,700

± $28,509 — wide margin, not ranked

Median gross rent

$885

1516th of 3,222, tied with 6

Bachelor's degree or higher

26.8%

± 4.3% — wide margin, not ranked

2 figures are withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Hamilton County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$81.4M

2533rd of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$9,9042020 population

Change since FY2021

+26%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Hamilton County, FY2021–FY2025
$60M$70M$80M
$81M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$65M
2022$61M
2023$64M
2024$73M
2025$81M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Hamilton County ranks 2533rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Hamilton County

Hospitals in Hamilton County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Hamilton General HospitalHamiltonNot rated
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Public schools in Hamilton County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Hamilton County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Ann Whitney ElHamilton ISDHamilton397
Hamilton H SHamilton ISDHamilton236
Hamilton J HHamilton ISDHamilton184
Hico ElHico ISDHico333
Hico H SHico ISDHico290
Jonesboro SchoolJonesboro ISDJonesboro329
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