Mont Belvieu, Texas

Chambers County Liberty County

48-49068

Mont Belvieu is a city in Chambers County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located at the junction of Highway 146 to Farm Road 1942 in southeastern Texas, just north of Interstate 10, 50 km east of Houston, is in the southeast away about 12 miles from Galveston Bay, as well as 50 km from the Gulf of Mexico and has a total area of 38.6 km ², of which 1.0 km ² water surface.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 2,324 people in 805 households and 664 families. The population density was 61.8 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 90.96 % White, 4.26 % African American, 0.69 % Native American, 0.43 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 2.50 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.16% were Mixed Race and 6.50 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 805 households 49.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 69.2 % were married couples living together. 8.6% were single mothers and 17.4 % were non-families. 15.0 % of all households were single-person households and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.19 persons to.

31.5% of the population were under 18 years old, 7.3 % from 18 to 24, 32.2% 25-44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.6 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 97.0 males.

The median income for a household was $ 54,732, and the median income for a family $ 64,808. Males have a median income of $ 47,614 versus $ 29,537 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,415. 7.4 % of the population and 6.4 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 6.7 % have children under the age of 18 and 18.8 % of those 65 or older.