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Sector Two Chapter 2 - Today The People SWT has a major influence on San Marcos. It is the city's largest employer, with about 2,500 employees, and its students, both on and off campus, make up about a quarter of San Marcos' population. Surprisingly, Sector Two's demographic profile is less dominated by the university's presence than is the city as a whole, although it is situated fairly close to SWT. That is not to say that Sector Two is not impacted by being part of a "college town ", where the majority of adults are young, single renters. However, according to the 1990 Census *, of the adults in this sector, 54% are married, 75% are over the age of 24, 52% own their homes, and 52% of those married have children. These figures are higher than for the city as a whole and shows that Sector Two is generally a stable family- oriented area. The sector is almost evenly divided between home owners and renters, with renter tending to be somewhat younger. Home owners are concentrated in the Greater Castle Forest, Oak Heights and Park Place neighborhoods while renters are more prevalent in the Westover and Southwest Hills neighborhoods. There are a higher percentage of married people in Sector Two than in the city as a whole (54% vs. 31 %), a higher percentage of family households (65% vs. 46 %), more owner occupied units (52% vs. 32 %), and a more even distribution of population across age ranges. Over forty -two percent of the City's population is between ages 18 - 24 , while only 17% of Sector Two's residents fall in that age range. Sector Two has a larger percentage of residents age 65 and over (9 %) than does the city (7 %). Average household size (HHS) in Sector Two (2.60 persons) is lower than that for the city as a whole (2.92). Family HHS in the sector was 3.13, while non - family HHS was 1.62. Ethnically, according to the 1990 Census, there is a larger percentage of White non - Hispanics in Sector Two than the city as a whole (71% vs. 57 %), a lower percentage of Hispanics (26% vs. 37 %) and Blacks (2% vs. 5 %), and a equal percentage of American Indians, Asians, and Others (1%). Demographic tables for Sector Two are presented in the Appendix. Current Population The 1990 Census showed a Sector Two population of 2,471 people. The 1996 estimated population of the Sector was 2,854. Preliminary analysis of population counts from the 2000 Census place the population of Sector 2 at approximately 3,155. Sector Two represents about 8% of San Marcos' total population. * Detailed 2000 Census data is not yet available Adopted: July 23, 2001 2-17