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Palacios, TX

Matagorda County, Texas

Latitude: 28.709153     Longitude: -96.217588
Population 5,166 (2005)



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4854684, place: Palacios city, Texas)

Total Population: 5,153
Male: 2,588 (50.22%)
Female: 2,565 (49.78%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 532 (10.32%)
5 to 9 years: 469 (9.1%)
10 to 14 years: 516 (10.01%)
15 to 19 years: 475 (9.22%)
20 to 24 years: 304 (5.9%)
25 to 34 years: 593 (11.51%)
35 to 44 years: 737 (14.3%)
45 to 54 years: 557 (10.81%)
55 to 59 years: 187 (3.63%)
60 to 64 years: 212 (4.11%)
65 to 74 years: 315 (6.11%)
75 to 84 years: 187 (3.63%)
85 years and over: 69 (1.34%)

Median age: 29.8 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,327 (64.56%)
21 years and over: 3,092 (60%)
62 years and over: 707 (13.72%)
65 years and over: 571 (11.08%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,327 (64.56%)
--Male: 1,627 (31.57%)
--Female: 1,700 (32.99%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 571 (11.08%)
--Male: 237 (4.6%)
--Female: 334 (6.48%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 4,997 (96.97%)
--White: 1,613 (31.3%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,638 (51.19%)
--Black or African American: 244 (4.74%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 35 (0.68%)
--Asian: 625 (12.13%)
----Asian Indian: 8 (0.16%)
----Chinese: 2 (0.04%)
----Filipino: 2 (0.04%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.02%)
----Korean: 2 (0.04%)
----Vietnamese: 602 (11.68%)
----Other Asian: 8 (0.16%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 1,152 (22.36%)
Two or more Races: 156 (3.03%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,638 (51.19%)
--Mexican: 2,078 (40.33%)
--Puerto Rican: 2 (0.04%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 558 (10.83%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 2,515 (48.81%)
--White Alone: 1,613 (31.3%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 5,112 (99.2%)
--Householder: 1,661 (32.23%)
--Spouse: 920 (17.85%)
--Child: 2,002 (38.85%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,641 (31.85%)
--Other relatives: 359 (6.97%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 154 (2.99%)
--Nonrelatives: 170 (3.3%)
----Unmarried partner: 70 (1.36%)
Living in group quarters: 41 (0.8%)
--Institutionalized Population: 41 (0.8%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 1,661
Family households (families): 1,244 (74.89%)
----With own children under 18 years: 743 (44.73%)
--Married-couple families: 920 (55.39%)
----With own children under 18 years: 541 (32.57%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 223 (13.43%)
----With own children under 18 years: 147 (8.85%)
Nonfamily households: 417 (25.11%)
--Householder living alone: 366 (22.03%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 169 (10.17%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 815 (49.07%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 414 (24.92%)
Average household size: 3.08 people
Average family size: 3.64 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,976
Occupied housing units: 1,661 (84.06%)
Vacant housing units: 315 (15.94%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 64 (3.24%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.5%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 6.6%
Occupied housing units: 1,661 (84.06%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,149 (58.15%)
Renter occupied housing units: 512 (25.91%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 3.1 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 3.04 people

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