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Austin, Texas QuickFacts

	Austin, Texas	United States
Total population	656,562	281,421,906
State	Texas
City	austin

Austin, Texas Population

	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
Male	337,569	51.41%	49.06%
Female	318,993	48.59%	50.94%
Median age (years)	29.6		35.3

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	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
18 years and over	509,014	77.53%	74.31%
21 years and over	465,697	70.93%	69.97%
62 years and over	52,510	8.0%	14.66%
65 years and over	43,905	6.69%	12.43%

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	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
White	429,100	65.36%	75.14%
Black or African American	65,956	10.05%	12.32%
Asian	30,960	4.72%	3.64%
Some other race	110,896	16.89%	5.46%
Two or more races	19,650	2.99%	2.43%

Austin, Texas Housing

	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
Total households	265,649		105,480,101
Family households (families)	141,589	53.3%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	124,060	46.7%	31.94%

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	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
Total housing units	276,611		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	11,193	4.05%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	265,649	96.04%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	119,102	43.06%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	146,547	52.98%	30.77%

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	Austin, Texas	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	4,130	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	33,071	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	27,192	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,664	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	14,762	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	7,064	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	2,284	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	627	0.57%
Median (dollars)	124,700	119,600

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	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	97,130	36.56%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	85,666	32.25%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	33,572	12.64%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	25,372	9.55%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	13,447	5.06%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	10,222	3.85%	9.65%

Austin, Texas Education

	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	192,181		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	11,139	5.8%	6.47%
Kindergarten	9,280	4.83%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	63,043	32.8%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	28,096	14.62%	21.38%
College or graduate school	80,623	41.95%	22.81%

Austin, Texas Economy

	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	523,758		217,168,077
In labor force	376,704	71.92%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	376,212	71.83%	63.39%
- - Employed	359,804	68.7%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	16,408	3.13%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	492	0.09%	0.53%
Not in labor force	147,054	28.08%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	255,902	48.86%	51.66%
In labor force	167,030	31.89%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	166,931	31.87%	29.65%
- - Employed	159,108	30.38%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	52,038	9.94%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	28,622		12,787,501

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	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	265,594		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	24,799	9.34%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	14,492	5.46%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	32,628	12.28%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	35,546	13.38%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	43,524	16.39%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	51,029	19.21%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	27,568	10.38%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	21,889	8.24%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,742	2.54%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	7,377	2.78%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	42,689		41,994

	Austin, Texas	%, Austin, Texas	United States
With earnings	238,330	45.5%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	55,754		56,604
With Social Security income	33,936	6.48%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,996		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	6,175	1.18%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,974		6,320
With public assistance income	4,812	0.92%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,138		3,032
With retirement income	26,807	5.12%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	22,062		17,376

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