Merkel, TX

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847796, place: Merkel town, Texas)

Total Population: 2,637
Male: 1,236 (46.87%)
Female: 1,401 (53.13%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 167 (6.33%)
5 to 9 years: 199 (7.55%)
10 to 14 years: 212 (8.04%)
15 to 19 years: 235 (8.91%)
20 to 24 years: 150 (5.69%)
25 to 34 years: 302 (11.45%)
35 to 44 years: 410 (15.55%)
45 to 54 years: 320 (12.14%)
55 to 59 years: 117 (4.44%)
60 to 64 years: 108 (4.1%)
65 to 74 years: 189 (7.17%)
75 to 84 years: 153 (5.8%)
85 years and over: 75 (2.84%)

Median age: 36.2 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,893 (71.79%)
21 years and over: 1,784 (67.65%)
62 years and over: 481 (18.24%)
65 years and over: 417 (15.81%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,893 (71.79%)
--Male: 843 (31.97%)
--Female: 1,050 (39.82%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 417 (15.81%)
--Male: 148 (5.61%)
--Female: 269 (10.2%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 2,580 (97.84%)
--White: 2,183 (82.78%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 375 (14.22%)
--Black or African American: 30 (1.14%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 16 (0.61%)
--Asian: 8 (0.3%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.04%)
----Japanese: 2 (0.08%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 5 (0.19%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.04%)
----Native Hawaiian: 1 (0.04%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 167 (6.33%)
Two or more Races: 57 (2.16%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 375 (14.22%)
--Mexican: 278 (10.54%)
--Puerto Rican: 3 (0.11%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 94 (3.56%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 2,262 (85.78%)
--White Alone: 2,183 (82.78%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 2,587 (98.1%)
--Householder: 1,012 (38.38%)
--Spouse: 554 (21.01%)
--Child: 839 (31.82%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 678 (25.71%)
--Other relatives: 105 (3.98%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 56 (2.12%)
--Nonrelatives: 77 (2.92%)
----Unmarried partner: 42 (1.59%)
Living in group quarters: 50 (1.9%)
--Institutionalized Population: 50 (1.9%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 1,012
Family households (families): 720 (71.15%)
----With own children under 18 years: 384 (37.94%)
--Married-couple families: 554 (54.74%)
----With own children under 18 years: 273 (26.98%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 135 (13.34%)
----With own children under 18 years: 90 (8.89%)
Nonfamily households: 292 (28.85%)
--Householder living alone: 262 (25.89%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 149 (14.72%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 420 (41.5%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 283 (27.96%)
Average household size: 2.56 people
Average family size: 3.08 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,202
Occupied housing units: 1,012 (84.19%)
Vacant housing units: 190 (15.81%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 4 (0.33%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 14.1%
Occupied housing units: 1,012 (84.19%)
Owner occupied housing units: 720 (59.9%)
Renter occupied housing units: 292 (24.29%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.51 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.68 people

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