Electra (Texas)

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Electra
Location in Texas
Location in Texas
Basic data
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Wichita County
Coordinates : 34 ° 2 ′  N , 98 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 2 ′  N , 98 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,168 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 502.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.3 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 6.3 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 372 m
Postal code : 76360
Area code : +1 940
FIPS : 48-22984
GNIS ID : 1356894
Website : www.electratexas.org

Electra is a city in Wichita County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located about 25 km northwest of Wichita Falls in the northwest of the county, in northern Texas, is about 3 miles from Oklahoma .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1910 640 -
1920 4744 641.3%
1930 6712 41.5%
1940 5588 -16.7%
1950 4970 -11.1%
1960 4759 -4.2%
1970 3895 -18.2%
1980 3755 -3.6%
1990 3113 -17.1%
2000 3168 1.8%
1910-2000,

According to the 2000 census, 3,168 people lived here in 1,279 households and 860 families. The population density was 501.3 people per km 2 . The racial the population was composed of 87.66% White, 4.58% African American, 1.10% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, and 4.29% other ethnic groups. About 2.30% were mixed race and 8.68% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,279 households, 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.4% of these were married couples living together. 12.2% were single mothers and 32.7% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were single households and there were people living in 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.03.

27.7% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9% 18 to 24, 25.7% 25 to 44, 20.8% 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 90.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 82.1 men.

The median income for a household in the 24,022 USD , and the median income for a family 30,116 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,610 versus females of $ 17,292. The per capita income was $ 13,213. 20.6% of the population and 17.8% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 24.3% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 15.4% were 65 or older.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012

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