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People QuickFacts |
Texarkana |
Arkansas |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
28,900 | 2,725,714 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
3.9% | 2.0% |
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Population, 2000 |
26,448 | 2,673,400 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
13.5% | 13.7% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.6% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.9% | 25.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
14.0% | 14.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.1% | 51.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
65.9% | 80.0% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
31.0% | 15.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% | 0.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% | 0.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.0% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% | 1.5% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.5% | 1.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
1.8% | 3.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
50.5% | 53.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.6% | 2.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.7% | 5.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
75.3% | 75.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
14.7% | 16.7% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
18.1 | 21.9 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
11,721 | 1,173,043 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
60.9% | 69.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$63,300 | $72,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
10,384 | 1,042,696 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.45 | 2.49 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$31,343 | $32,182 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,130 | $16,904 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
21.7% | 15.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Texarkana |
Arkansas |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
200,847 | 27,515,382 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
243,333 | 21,643,695 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$10,087 | $8,575 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) |
44,193 | 2,179,696 |
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Total number of firms, 1997 |
1,948 | 193,424 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
8.3% | 6.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
19.3% | 22.0% |
