Harker Heights, TX

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4832312, place: Harker Heights city, Texas)

Total Population: 17,308
Male: 8,696 (50.24%)
Female: 8,612 (49.76%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,631 (9.42%)
5 to 9 years: 1,447 (8.36%)
10 to 14 years: 1,461 (8.44%)
15 to 19 years: 1,154 (6.67%)
20 to 24 years: 1,390 (8.03%)
25 to 34 years: 2,932 (16.94%)
35 to 44 years: 3,092 (17.86%)
45 to 54 years: 2,000 (11.56%)
55 to 59 years: 647 (3.74%)
60 to 64 years: 475 (2.74%)
65 to 74 years: 678 (3.92%)
75 to 84 years: 316 (1.83%)
85 years and over: 85 (0.49%)

Median age: 30.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 12,047 (69.6%)
21 years and over: 11,359 (65.63%)
62 years and over: 1,347 (7.78%)
65 years and over: 1,079 (6.23%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 12,047 (69.6%)
--Male: 5,993 (34.63%)
--Female: 6,054 (34.98%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,079 (6.23%)
--Male: 478 (2.76%)
--Female: 601 (3.47%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 16,681 (96.38%)
--White: 11,343 (65.54%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,153 (12.44%)
--Black or African American: 2,585 (14.94%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 135 (0.78%)
--Asian: 620 (3.58%)
----Asian Indian: 49 (0.28%)
----Chinese: 23 (0.13%)
----Filipino: 114 (0.66%)
----Japanese: 52 (0.3%)
----Korean: 307 (1.77%)
----Vietnamese: 21 (0.12%)
----Other Asian: 54 (0.31%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 70 (0.4%)
----Native Hawaiian: 21 (0.12%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 29 (0.17%)
----Samoan: 17 (0.1%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 1,002 (5.79%)
Two or more Races: 627 (3.62%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,153 (12.44%)
--Mexican: 1,277 (7.38%)
--Puerto Rican: 362 (2.09%)
--Cuban: 34 (0.2%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 480 (2.77%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 15,155 (87.56%)
--White Alone: 11,343 (65.54%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 17,197 (99.36%)
--Householder: 6,200 (35.82%)
--Spouse: 3,805 (21.98%)
--Child: 5,605 (32.38%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 4,825 (27.88%)
--Other relatives: 609 (3.52%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 288 (1.66%)
--Nonrelatives: 978 (5.65%)
----Unmarried partner: 301 (1.74%)
Living in group quarters: 111 (0.64%)
--Institutionalized Population: 103 (0.6%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 8 (0.05%)
Total households: 6,200
Family households (families): 4,710 (75.97%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,652 (42.77%)
--Married-couple families: 3,805 (61.37%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,013 (32.47%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 692 (11.16%)
----With own children under 18 years: 488 (7.87%)
Nonfamily households: 1,490 (24.03%)
--Householder living alone: 1,118 (18.03%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 216 (3.48%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 2,857 (46.08%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 739 (11.92%)
Average household size: 2.77 people
Average family size: 3.13 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 6,823
Occupied housing units: 6,200 (90.87%)
Vacant housing units: 623 (9.13%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 14 (0.21%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.4%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 13.4%
Occupied housing units: 6,200 (90.87%)
Owner occupied housing units: 3,637 (53.3%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,563 (37.56%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.83 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.69 people

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