 The per capita income for the county was $17,772.About 11.70% of families and 15.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.60% of those under age 18 and 11.80% of those age 65 or over.James C. Spencer, a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Henderson County, 1939-1941, 1947-1949, later served as Henderson county judge from 1949 into the 1950s.