Lewisville (Texas)

Denton County

48-42508

Lewisville is a city in Denton County and Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas.

Geography

The city is located in northeast Texas, 16 km northeast of the Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport, 47 kilometers northeast of Fort Worth and has a total area of ​​109.7 km ², of which 14.4 km ² water surface.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 77 737 people in 30,043 households and 19,828 families. The population density was 815.8 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 77.20 % White, 7.39 % African American, 0.70 % Native American, 3.90 % Asian, 0.03 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 8.32 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.46% were of mixed descent, and 17.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 30,043 households out of which 36.2 % have children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.3 % were married couples living together. 9.6 % had a female householder with no husband, and 34.0% were non-families. 25.2 % of all households were single-person households and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size amounted to 3.13.

26.6 % of the population were under 18 years old, 11.8 % from 18 to 24, 41.2 % 25-44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 4.3% who were 65 years or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 99.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 54,771, and the median income for a family $ 63,719. Males have a median income of $ 41,058 versus $ 31,705 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,703. 6.0% of the population and 3.9 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 6.8 % have children under the age of 18 and 9.2% of those 65 or older.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Kristi Ferrell ( born 1960 ), actress
• Cody Linley (* 1989), actor
• Gordon Thomas Whyburn (1904-1969), mathematician who worked on the topology of point sets