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People QuickFacts |
Austin |
Texas |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
709,893 | 23,507,783 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
7.6% | 12.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
656,562 | 20,851,820 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.1% | 7.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
22.5% | 28.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
6.7% | 9.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
48.6% | 50.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
65.4% | 71.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
10.0% | 11.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
4.7% | 2.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
3.0% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
30.5% | 32.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
36.0% | 49.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
16.6% | 13.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
31.1% | 31.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.4% | 75.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
40.4% | 23.2% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
22.4 | 25.4 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
276,842 | 8,157,575 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
44.8% | 63.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$124,700 | $82,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
265,649 | 7,393,354 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.40 | 2.74 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$42,689 | $39,927 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$24,163 | $19,617 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
14.4% | 15.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Austin |
Texas |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 397,405,111 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
9,784,154 | 228,694,755 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$14,583 | $10,528 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,784,072 | 29,914,774 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
61,364 | 1,734,509 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.1% | 5.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.8% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.3% | 4.5% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
11.5% | 18.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.4% | 27.0% |
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