To which county are you referring?
Hemphill is in Sabine County, population 10,469 (2000 Census). Nacogdoches County, also mentioned in the story, has 59,203, not counting any of the 10,000 University students who chose to be counted at home rather than at school.
Sabine Parish is also mentioned in the story. It has over 23,000 folks per the 2000 Census. http://www.census.gov/