Jamaica Beach, Texas

Galveston County

48-37252

Jamaica Beach is a city in Galveston County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located on Galveston Iceland in southeastern Texas on the Gulf of Mexico and has a total area of 2.0 km ², of which 0.1 km ² water surface.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 1,075 people in 483 households and 303 families. The population density was 576.5 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 95.07 % White, 0.37 % African American, 0.37 % Native American, 0.56 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 1.95 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.67% were of mixed descent, and 8.56 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 483 households 25.7 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.8 % were married couples living together. 6.8 % had a female householder with no husband, and 37.1 % were non-families. 27.3 % of all households were single-person households and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.74 persons to.

20.3% of the population were under 18 years old, 4.9 % from 18 to 24, 31.9% 25-44, 28.4 % from 45 to 64, and 14.5 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 99.8 males.

The median income for a household was $ 52,045, and the median income for a family $ 66,250. Males have a median income of $ 42,411 versus $ 31,875 for females. The per capita income was $ 30,943. 7.3 % of the population and 5.7 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 8.4 % have children under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 or older.