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Sweetwater, TX Micro Area

14,454 Population
912 square miles 15.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,182 ±$2,375 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,747 ±$3,546 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.5% ±4.6% (3,165  ±650) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±2 (109,850  ±12,890) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,886 ±219 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (14,063  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2.8% (148  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,104 ±40 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,300 ±$9,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±3.5% (1,984  ±497.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±5.5% (7,954  ±520) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±2.4% (1,518  ±226.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

4.5% (646  ±191) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.3% (655  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
655 Total veterans ±137 597 Male ±122 58 Female ±53

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