|
|
People
Facts |
Galveston |
Texas |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
56,667 |
22,118,509 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
-1.0% |
6.1% |
|
Population, 2000
|
57,247 |
20,851,820 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
-4.0% |
22.8% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
6.6% |
7.8% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
23.4% |
28.2% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
13.7% |
9.9% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
51.7% |
50.4% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
|
58.7% |
71.0% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
|
25.5% |
11.5% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
|
0.4% |
0.6% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
|
3.2% |
2.7% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
|
9.7% |
11.7% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
2.4% |
2.5% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
25.8% |
32.0% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
48.5% |
49.6% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
12.8% |
13.9% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
26.5% |
31.2% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
74.4% |
75.7% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
23.7% |
23.2% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
19.1 |
25.4 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
30,017 |
8,157,575 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
43.6% |
63.8% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$73,800 |
$82,500 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
23,842 |
7,393,354 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.30 |
2.74 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$28,895 |
$39,927 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$18,275 |
$19,617 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
22.3% |
15.4% |
