Hale Center, Texas

Hale County

48-31820

Hale Center is a city in Hale County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city lies at the confluence of Interstate 27 to the Farm Road 1914 near the Countyzentrum in northwestern Texas, called the Texas Panhandle, is located in the west 112 km from the border of New Mexico and has a total area of 2.8 km ² without significant water surface.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 2,263 people in 798 households and 572 families. The population density was 801.6 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 76.54 % White, 5.04 % African American, 0.31 % Native American, 0.04 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 15.42 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.65% were of mixed descent, and 56.56 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 798 households 37.3 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.0 % were married couples living together. 9.4% were single mothers and 28.3 % were non-families. 26.7 % of all households were single-person households, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.41 persons to.

31.9% of the population were under 18 years old, 8.4 % from 18 to 24, 24.9% 25-44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.7 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 86.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 28,240, and the median income for a family $ 32,138. Males have a median income of $ 24,318 versus $ 16,359 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,873. 19.2 % of the population and 17.0 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 23.6 % have children under the age of 18 and 100 % of those 65 or older.