Dumas (Texas)
Moore County
48-21556
Dumas is the capital and the county seat ( county seat ) of Moore County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.
Geography
The city lies at the intersection of U.S. Highway 87 with U.S. Highway 287 in the northwest of the county in the so-called Texas Panhandle.
History
Was named the place after Louis Dumas, the president of the Panhandle Townsite Company.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 13,747 people in 4,755 households and 3,675 families. The population density was 1034.6 people per km ². The racial the population was composed of 68.09 % White, 0.72 % African American, 0.59 % Native American, 1.16 % Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 26.73 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.68% were of mixed descent, and 42.74 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,755 households, 42.6 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.6 % were married couples living together. 9.2% were single mothers and 22.7 % were non-families. 19.7 % of all households were single-person households and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.29 persons to.
32.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.0% 25-44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.1 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 94.4 males.
The median income for a household was $ 36,147, and the median income for a family $ 39,652. Males have a median income of $ 30,833 versus $ 19,967 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,180. 12.8 % of the population and 8.7 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 17.8 % have children under the age of 18 and 9.7 % of those 65 or older.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Joe King Carrasco, guitarist and rock musician, who called his Nuevo Wavo music mix of Tex- Mex rock ' n ' roll, new wave and garage rock was known
- Steven Schafersman (* 1948), micro- paleontologist and petrologist