Farmers Branch
| Farmers Branch | |
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| Nickname : The City in a Park | |
 Location of Farmers Branch in Texas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1850 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Dallas County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 56 ′ N , 96 ° 53 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 28,616 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 920.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 31.1 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 141 m |
| Postal code : | 75234 |
| Area code : | +1 972 |
| FIPS : | 48-25452 |
| GNIS ID : | 1335711 |
| Website : | www.farmersbranch.info |
| Mayor : | Robert C. Dye (as of 2018) |
Farmers Branch is a city in Dallas County in the US state of Texas in the United States .
geography
The city is located on Interstate 35 and Highway 77, about 20 km north of Dallas in the northwest of the county and has a total area of 31.1 km² without any significant water surface.
Demographic data
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According to the 2000 census, 27,508 people lived here in 9,766 households and 6,933 families. The population density was 885.1 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 78.38% White, 2.40% African American, 0.55% Native American, 2.92% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, and 13.01% other ethnic groups. About 2.71% were mixed race and 37.23% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 9,766 households, 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.5% of these were married couples living together. 9.8% were single mothers and 29.0% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were single households and 7.6% had people living there who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.31 people.
25.6% of the population were under 18 years old, 9.5% 18 to 24, 31.4% 25 to 44, 21.4% 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 101.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 99.4 men.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 54,734 , and the median income for a family is $ 57,531. Males had a median income of $ 34,791 versus $ 27,372 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,921. 6.3% of the population and 4.0% of families are below the poverty line. Of these, 8.5% were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 4.2% were 65 or older.
Town twinning
The city of Farmers Branch maintains the following cities a twinning :
sons and daughters of the town
- Robert Ernest House , doctor
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from November 2, 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)
- History of the site (English)
- Farmers Branch Historical Park (English)
- Statistics Farmers Branch (English)