Katy (Texas)

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Katy
Harris County Katy.svg
Location of Katy in Texas
Basic data
Foundation : 1945
State : United States
State : Texas
Counties : Fort Bend County
Harris County
Waller County
Coordinates : 29 ° 48 ′  N , 95 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 48 ′  N , 95 ° 49 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 21,729 (as of 2019)
Population density : 787.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 27.6 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of
which 27.6 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 43 m
Postcodes : 77400-77499
Area code : +1 281
FIPS : 48-38476
GNIS ID : 1338960
Website : www.cityofkaty.com
Mayor : Bill Hastings

Katy is a city in Fort Bend County , Waller County and Harris County in the US state of Texas in the United States .

geography

The city is located in southeast Texas, on Interstate 10 and US Highway 90 in the far southwest corner of the county, extends into Counties Waller and Harris, is about 65 miles from the Gulf of Mexico , and has a total area of ​​27 , 6 km² without any significant water surface.

history

The place served as a railway depot until 1890. It was named after the short form KT Railroad of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad , now part of the Union Pacific .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1950 849 -
1960 1569 84.8%
1970 2923 86.3%
1980 5660 93.6%
1990 8004 41.4%
2000 11,775 47.1%
2010 14,102 19.8%
1950-2000, 2010

In 2019, Katy had about 21,729 residents. According to the 2000 census, 11,775 people lived here in 3,888 households and 3,083 families. The population density was 426.1 inhabitants per km². The racial the population was composed of 83.98% White, 4.24% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, and 8.65% other ethnic groups. About 2.03% were mixed race and 23.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,888 households, 45.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.9% of them were married couples living together. 10.9% were single mothers and 20.7% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were single households and 6.7% had people living there who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.37 people.

31.5% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.7% 18 to 24, 30.9% 25 to 44, 20.7% 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females of all age groups, there were 98.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 97.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 51,111 , and the median income for a family is $ 57,741. Males had a median income of $ 38,412 versus $ 33,004 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,192. 8.4% of the population and 7.0% of families are below the poverty line. 9.1% of these were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 6.5% were 65 or older.

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
  2. ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2016 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. ^ Population and Housing Unit Estimates . Retrieved May 23, 2020.

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