Dumas (Texas)
| Dumas | |
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 Moore County Courthouse |
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| Location in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Moore County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 52 ′ N , 101 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 14,691 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,113 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.3 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 13.2 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1116 m |
| Postal code : | 79029 |
| Area code : | +1 806 |
| FIPS : | 48-21556 |
| GNIS ID : | 1356433 |
| Website : | www.ci.dumas.tx.us |
| Mayor : | Mike Milligan |
 Wind energy plant in the south of Dumas |
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Dumas is the county capital and seat of the county seat of Moore County in the US state of Texas in the United States .
geography
The city is located at the intersection of US Highway 87 with US Highway 287 in the northwest of the county in the so-called Texas Panhandle .
history
The place was named after Louis Dumas , the president of the Panhandle Townsite Company .
Demographic data
| growth of population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1940 | 2117 | - | |
| 1950 | 6127 | 189.4% | |
| 1960 | 8477 | 38.4% | |
| 1970 | 9771 | 15.3% | |
| 1980 | 12,194 | 24.8% | |
| 1990 | 12,871 | 5.6% | |
| 2000 | 13,747 | 6.8% | |
| 2010 | 14,691 | 6.9% | |
| 1940-2000, 2010 | |||
According to the 2000 census, 13,747 people lived here in 4,755 households and 3,675 families. The population density was 1,034.6 people per km 2 . The racial the population was composed of 68.09% White, 0.72% African American, 0.59% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, and 26.73% other ethnic groups. About 2.68% were mixed race and 42.74% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,755 households, 42.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.6% of them were married couples living together. 9.2% were single mothers and 22.7% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were single households and 9.4% had people living there who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.29 people.
32.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9% 18 to 24, 28.0% 25 to 44, 18.7% 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 94.4 men.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 36,147 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,652 . Males had a median income of $ 30,833 versus $ 19,967 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,180. 12.8% of the population and 8.7% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 17.8% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 9.7% were 65 or older.
sons and daughters of the town
- Joe King Carrasco , guitarist and rock musician, who became known for his mix of Tex-Mex, rock 'n' roll, new wave and garage rock called Nuevo Wavo
- Steven Schafersman (* 1948), micropalaeontologist and petrologist
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.13 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
Web links
- Handbook of Texas (English)
- Statistics Dumas (TX) of city-data (English)