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Amarillo, TX Metro Area

271,480 Population
5,151 square miles 52.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$34,503 ±$1,467 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$65,090 ±$3,231 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12.6% ±1.8% (32,947  ±4,783) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.2 minutes ±0.8 (2,418,560  ±134,917) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

100,975 ±2,635 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0.1 (261,900  ±1,867) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,420,404 (±50.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.9% ±2.1% (3,747  ±1,373) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

115,452 ±764 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$200,100 ±$10,704 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.9% ±1.7% (29,264  ±4,431.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

87.6% ±3.5% (153,738  ±6,357.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
25.7% ±1.9% (45,013  ±3,351.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

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

8.6% ±1% (23,245  ±2,762) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% † 5,169,126 (±318.5% / ±59,698)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

7.5% ±1.1% (15,220  ±2,296) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
15,220 Total veterans ±2,296 14,002 Male ±2,255 1,218 Female ±489

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