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Amarillo, TX Metro Area

270,119 Population
5,151 square miles 52.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,036 ±$1,969 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$58,354 ±$3,101 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14.5% ±2.3% (37,586  ±5,905) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

19.8 minutes ±1.1 (2,245,510  ±163,513) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 25.9 295,281,060 (±0.2 / ±2,182,981)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

104,421 ±2,600 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0.1 (258,703  ±4,680) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

7% ±2.1% (4,457  ±1,357) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

114,840 ±1,986 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$167,000 ±$6,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11.1% ±1.8% (29,641  ±4,872.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

84.7% ±3.5% (148,391  ±6,328.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
27.3% ±2.1% (47,839  ±3,689.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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

9.2% ±1.4% (24,905  ±3,673) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

8.5% ±1.1% (17,191  ±2,282) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
17,191 Total veterans ±2,282 15,384 Male ±1,949 1,807 Female ±969

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