Portland (Texas)

San Patricio County

48-58904

Portland is a city in San Patricio County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is located in southeast Texas, about 12 km northeast of Corpus Christi, on the west by the Nueces Bay, on the southeast by the Corpus Christi Bay, about 25 km from the Gulf in the southeast of Mexico and has a total of 24, 9 km ², of which 6.8 km ² water surface.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 14,827 people in 5,021 households and 4,051 families. The population density was 820.2 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 83.79 % White, 4.11 % African American, 0.57 % Native American, 1.05 % Asian, 0.20 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 7.43 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.84% were of mixed descent, and 26.10% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,021 households, 47.5 % had children under the age of 18 living with them. 68.6 % were married couples living together. 9.2% were single mothers and 19.3 % were non-families. 16.1 % of all households were single-person households and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.30 persons to.

32.6 % of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 % from 18 to 24, 31.2% 25-44, 20.0 % from 45 to 64, and 7.9 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 93.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 48,574, and the median income for a family $ 52,220. Males had a median income of $ 37,316 versus $ 25,722 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,871. 7.4 % of the population and 5.8 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 9.3 % have children under the age of 18 and 10.2% of those 65 or older.