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Amarillo, TX

198,781 Population
102.8 square miles 1,933.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 35.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,931 ±$2,604 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $32,036 ±$1,969
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
$55,572 ±$2,482 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $58,354 ±$3,101
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513

16.6% ±2.9% (32,693  ±5,666) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 14.5% † 37,586 (±2.3% / ±5,905)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)

18.6 minutes ±0.6 (1,689,800  ±59,157) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 19.7 2,342,715 (±0.5 / ±70,491)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

82,129 ±2,459 Number of households
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 104,421 ±2,600
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
2.4 ±0.1 (196,697  ±4,726) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 2.5 258,703 (±0.1 / ±4,680)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772

6.4% ±2.4% (3,146  ±1,202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 7% † 4,457 (±2.1% / ±1,357)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)

Housing

89,810 ±2,197 Number of housing units
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 114,840 ±1,986
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642

$163,400 ±$5,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $167,000 ±$6,255
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389

12.7% ±2.3% (24,924  ±4,611.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 11.1% † 29,641 (±1.8% / ±4,872.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)

Social

85.6% ±3.6% (108,486  ±5,634.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 84.7% 148,391 (±3.5% / ±6,328.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
27.6% ±2.2% (34,960  ±3,001.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 27.3% 47,839 (±2.1% / ±3,689.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

10.7% ±1.7% (21,162  ±3,497) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 9.2% † 24,905 (±1.4% / ±3,673)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)

8.4% ±1.3% (12,223  ±1,875) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 8.5% † 17,191 (±1.1% / ±2,282)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
12,223 Total veterans ±1,875 10,845 Male ±1,480 1,378 Female ±850

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