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Lamesa, TX

8,527 Population
5.1 square miles 1,669.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dawson County: 34.6 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,446 ±$2,751 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dawson County: $26,182 ±$2,204
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$50,533 ±$9,142 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dawson County: $55,789 † ±$9,459
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

20.6% ±5% (1,740  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dawson County: 17.7% † 1,863 (±4% / ±426)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

23.1 minutes ±3.2 (82,540  ±12,750) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Dawson County: 22.1 † 99,095 (±2.5 / ±12,573)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

3,474 ±172 Number of households
  • Dawson County: 4,154 ±185
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.1 (8,441  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dawson County: 2.5 10,501 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

15.2% ±5.9% (287  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dawson County: 14% † 306 (±5.3% / ±117)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

3,991 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Dawson County: 4,892 ±33
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$85,800 ±$4,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dawson County: $90,800 † ±$13,519
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

24.6% ±7.2% (2,069  ±604.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Dawson County: 24.3% † 2,964 (±5.2% / ±628.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

74.5% ±7% (3,930  ±386.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dawson County: 72.3% 5,812 (±5.4% / ±450.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
15% ±3.3% (793  ±175.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dawson County: 14.5% † 1,163 (±2.5% / ±205.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

4.5% ±1.4% (384  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dawson County: 6.2% 763
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4% ±1.5% (250  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Dawson County: 3.8% † 359 (±1.3% / ±125)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
250 Total veterans ±94 237 Male ±93 13 Female ±17

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