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Amarillo, TX Metro Area

278,330 Population
5,151 square miles 54 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,313 ±$2,031 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,595 ±$2,928 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.8% ±2.1% (44,928  ±5,522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.5 minutes ±1.3 (2,830,485  ±187,634) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

105,814 ±2,226 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (267,210  ±2,154) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±1.1% (2,501  ±779) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

117,099 ±758 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$226,600 ±$7,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.1% ±2.8% (49,766  ±7,798.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.9% ±3.6% (161,023  ±6,671.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.6% ±2.2% (55,462  ±4,078.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.7% ±0.9% (24,165  ±2,596) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±0.7% (11,994  ±1,534) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,994 Total veterans ±1,534 11,299 Male ±1,536 695 Female ±415

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