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Dumas, TX

14,452 Population
5.5 square miles 2,615.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 31.2 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,663 ±$2,487 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: $27,480 ±$2,238
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,788 ±$5,856 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: $61,762 ±$4,676
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.2% ±6.2% (2,882  ±884) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 18.3% † 3,867 (±4.9% / ±1,039)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±2.3 (123,915  ±17,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 17.4 165,890 (±1.7 / ±18,670)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,827 ±245 Number of households
  • the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 7,157 ±272
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (14,306  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 3 21,227 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±2.8% (246  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 8.1% † 383 (±2.7% / ±126)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,612 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 8,277 ±32
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,300 ±$13,770 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: $152,600 ±$12,174
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±3.3% (1,495  ±466.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 12.6% † 2,651 (±3.2% / ±665.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

73.9% ±6.7% (6,292  ±622.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 68.2% 8,677 (±5.4% / ±703.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.1% ±3.1% (1,117  ±262.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 12.3% † 1,564 (±2.3% / ±288.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

25.1% ±4.3% (3,630  ±621) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 30.1% 6,428
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.6% (440  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dumas, TX Micro Area: 3.5% † 518 (±1.2% / ±174)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
440 Total veterans ±156 440 Male ±156 N/A Female ±23

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