General Demographic Characteristics (SF3)
 

Census 2000 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for The Colony, Texas

Subject Number Percent           Subject Number Percent
             
Total population 26,661 100.0%   HOUSEHOLD RELATIONSHIP    
SEX AND AGE       Total population 26,661 100.0%
Male 13,227 49.6%   In households 26,661 100.0%
    Under 5 years 1,096 4.1%       Householder 8,532 32.0%
    5 to 9 years 1,424 5.3%       Spouse 6,280 23.6%
    10 to 14 years 1,262 4.7%       Child 9,886 37.1%
    15 to 19 years 962 3.6%           Natural-born 8,982 33.7%
    20 to 24 years 779 2.9%           Adopted 216 0.8%
    25 to 34 years 2,073 7.8%           Step 688 2.6%
    35 to 44 years 2,913 10.9%       Grandchild 362 1.4%
    45 to 54 years 1,595 6.0%       Brother or sister 166 0.6%
    55 to 59 years 615 2.3%       Parent 121 0.5%
    60 to 64 years 210 0.8%       Other relatives 401 1.5%
    65 to 74 years 166 0.6%       Nonrelatives 913 3.4%
    75 to 84 years 132 0.5%   In group quarters 0 0.0%
    85 years and over 0 0.0%       Institutionalized population 0 0.0%
Female 13,434 50.4%       Noninstitutionalized population 0 0.0%
    Under 5 years 1,094 4.1%    

    5 to 9 years 1,259 4.7%   HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
    10 to 14 years 1,243 4.7%   Total households 8,532 100.0%
    15 to 19 years 1,157 4.3%   Family households (families) 7,160 83.9%
    20 to 24 years 557 2.1%           With own children under 18 years 4,562 53.5%
    25 to 34 years 2,343 8.8%       Married-couple family 6,095 71.4%
    35 to 44 years 2,870 10.8%           With own children under 18 years 3,850 45.1%
    45 to 54 years 1,756 6.6%       Female householder, no husband present 795 9.3%
    55 to 59 years 517 1.9%           With own children under 18 years 532 6.2%
    60 to 64 years 182 0.7%   Nonfamily households 1,372 16.1%
    65 to 74 years 258 1.0%       Householder living alone 977 11.5%
    75 to 84 years 170 0.6%           Householder 65 years and over 161 1.9%
    85 years and over 28 0.1%    

  HOUSING OCCUPANCY
18 years and over 17,729 66.5%   Total housing units 8,836 100.0%
    Male 8,747 32.8%   Occupied housing units 8,483 96.0%
    Female 8,982 33.7%   Vacant housing units 353 4.0%
21 years and over 16,906 63.4%       For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 0 0.0%
    Male 8,328 31.2%        
    Female 8,578 32.2%   Homeowner vacancy rate 2.5%
62 years and over 976 3.7%   Rental vacancy rate 7.4%
    Male 413 1.5%    

    Female 563 2.1%   HOUSING TENURE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE
 

  Occupied housing units 8,483 100.0%
RACE   Owner-occupied housing units 6,971 82.2%
    White 22,519 84.5%       1-person household 797 9.4%
    Black or African American 1,331 5.0%       2-person household 1,894 22.3%
    American Indian and Alaska Native 162 0.6%       3-person household 1,539 18.1%
    Asian 561 2.1%       4-person household 1,733 20.4%
    Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 8 0.0%       5-person household 649 7.7%
    Some other race 1,429 5.4%       6-or-more-person household 359 4.2%
    Two or more races 651 2.4%   Renter-occupied housing units 1,512 17.8%
            1-person household 165 1.9%
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE       2-person household 451 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3,393 100.0%       3-person household 295 3.5%
    White 1,831 54.0%       4-person household 274 3.2%
    Black or African American 0 0.0%       5-person household 222 2.6%
    American Indian and Alaska Native 0 0.0%       6-or-more-person household 105 1.2%
    Asian 0 0.0%    
    Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0 0.0%   Average household size 3.14
    Some other race 1,397 41.2%       Average household size of owner-occupied units 3.15
    Two or more races 165 4.9%       Average household size of renter-occupied units 3.10

 

- Represents zero or rounds to zero.  (X) Not applicable.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Compiled by the North Central Texas Council of Governments