Killeen

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Killeen
Bell Killeen.svg
Location of Killeen, Texas
Basic data
Foundation : 1872
State : United States
State : Texas
County : Bell County
Coordinates : 31 ° 6 ′  N , 97 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 31 ° 6 ′  N , 97 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
143,400 (as of 2016)
435,857 (as of 2016)
Population density : 1,567.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 91.7 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of
which 91.5 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 252 m
Postcodes : 76540-76549
Area code : +1 254
FIPS : 48-39148
GNIS ID : 1360642
Website : www.ci.killeen.tx.us
Mayor : Timothy L. Hancock

Killeen is a city in Bell County in the US state of Texas in the United States.

history

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 285 -
1900 780 173.7%
1910 1265 62.2%
1920 1298 2.6%
1930 1260 -2.9%
1940 1263 0.2%
1950 7045 457.8%
1960 23,377 231.8%
1970 35,507 51.9%
1980 46.296 30.4%
1990 63,535 37.2%
2000 86,911 36.8%
2010 127.921 47.2%
1890-2000, 2010

In 1881, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway extended its tracks through central Texas and bought 360 acres of land a few miles southwest of a small community called Palo Alto that had existed since about 1872. The railroad built a small town there and named it after Frank P. Killeen, the deputy general manager of the railroad. On October 16, 1991, the Killeen rampage took place, in which 24 people were killed.

education

The Tarleton State University has a campus in Killeen.

crime

In 2005, the city suffered from burglary and theft rates that exceeded both Houston and Detroit. While the national average in 2005 was 814.5 burglaries per 100,000 residents, in Killeen 2107.7 burglaries per 100,000 residents were reported. For thefts, the national average was 2,734.4 per 100,000 residents, while Killeen reported 3,698.1 thefts per 100,000 residents.

Demographics

According to the United States Census 2000 , 86,911 residents lived in 32,447 households and 22,972 families. The population consisted of 45.78% white, 33.49% black and 4.33% Asian. Hispanics or Latinos made up 17.80% of the population. The per capita income was $ 15,323 and 11.2% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line .

In 2014, Killeen had the highest percentage of veterans in the US at 28.9% of the population.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
  2. US Census ( Memento of the original from July 12, 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

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