Res 1985-048 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Z fI. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS Acco:rding to the census, 1, 157 persons lived in Dunbar on April 1 , 1980. They comprised 4.9 p(~rcent of the HPA's total population of 23,420. Race and Spanish Origin (Tables P-l and P--6) The census showed that Dunbar had 63/i Whites; 7. 11. ElacJ{s; Z American Indians, Esltimos, and Aleuts; an tl 1 Asians and Pacific Islanders. Persons o:E Spanish o:J:igin (uho may be of any :tace) numbe:r:ed 651. The above numbers are based on 100-percent tabulations sh01o1n in Table p- 1; comparable sample estimates by race and Spanish origin a:r:e found in Tal)le P-6. However, it is important to note that sample totals fot race and Spanish origin may diffe:r: from complete-count totals because of sampling variability and other factors. For a discussion of comparability between complete and sample counts, see Appendix B, "Definitions and Explanations". Also, certain paIagraphs OI sentences 1..!Ì 11 pIovide specific information by r.ace or. Spanish or.igin group if that group mee ts certain thresholds based on the 100-percent tabula.tions for that neighbo:rhood. Age, Household, and FGmily CÌla:Lac tel:i"J-:ics (Tables [>-1, P-3, and P-6) Among the 1,15'7 persons l11 Dunbar, 23.2 percent, or 26ß, were under 15 yeaIs old and 14. 3 p e 1: C e ::1 -t, 01: 166, were>. 65 years and over. In the HPA, 15.8 percent J..!ere under 15 years and 7.5 percent were 65 years and over. The neighborhood's median age was 26.9 as compared with the NPA's 2. 1 . 5 years. One of the major national trends over the past ten years has been an increase in the numbe:r: of households, especially small households. The 391 households in Dunbar Iepresented 5.9 percent of all NFA households. Among the neighborhood households, 2.7.6 pe:r:cent col1sisteù of 1 person and 9.7 percent had 6 or mo:r:e persons. Nonfamily households composed of householders who liveJ alone or only with uru:elatecl persons re pre genteel : 36.1 percent of all the households. There were 0 persons in group quarters. Among per.sons 65 and over 62.7 percent lived in family households, 37.3 percent lI1 nonfamily households, and 0.0 pe:r:cent in group quaJ:ters. Marital status is one inùic<:ttor. used to describe family life and its changing pcttterns. Tl t1\ 0 11 g persons in Dunbar 15 ye<.1J:S and older, 51.9 percent o:E 1101 rn~n ~nd 41.2 percent of the 4ßß women were lilarr:ieù (excluding sepa1~D Led) 3.t the time of -th::: ccn!,us. HPA:,~ 153 San Marcos, Tex. NEIGHBORHOOD: 002 Dunbar