GUIDE TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
Latitude: 26.11 N, Longitude: 97.17 W
|
|
| 2000 CENSUS DATA SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
|
|
|
|
|
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND |
|
TX |
|
US |
|
|
|
| POPULATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
|
Number |
|
Number |
|
|
|
|
Total population
|
|
2,422 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Square miles (land)
|
|
1.81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Population per square mile
|
|
1,335.88 |
|
|
|
79.65 |
|
79.56 |
|
|
|
|
|
| GENDER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
|
|
|
Male
|
|
1,289 |
|
53.2 |
|
49.6 |
|
49.1 |
|
|
|
Female
|
|
1,133 |
|
46.8 |
|
50.4 |
|
50.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
| AGE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
|
|
|
15 or younger
|
|
255 |
|
10.5 |
|
23.5 |
|
21.4 |
|
|
|
16-24
|
|
209 |
|
8.6 |
|
15.2 |
|
13.9 |
|
|
|
25-44
|
|
683 |
|
28.2 |
|
31.1 |
|
30.2 |
|
|
|
45-64
|
|
829 |
|
34.2 |
|
20.2 |
|
22.0 |
|
|
|
65+
|
|
446 |
|
18.4 |
|
9.9 |
|
12.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
|
Number |
|
Number |
|
|
|
|
Average age (years)
|
|
44.55 |
|
|
|
33.91 |
|
36.22 |
|
|
|
|
|
| RACE AND ETHNICITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
|
|
|
White
|
|
2,291 |
|
94.6 |
|
71.0 |
|
75.1 |
|
|
|
Black or African American
|
|
17 |
|
0.7 |
|
11.5 |
|
12.3 |
|
|
|
American Indian and Alaska native
|
|
11 |
|
0.5 |
|
0.6 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
Asian
|
|
5 |
|
0.2 |
|
2.7 |
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander
|
|
1 |
|
0.0 |
|
0.1 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
Some other race
|
|
67 |
|
2.8 |
|
11.7 |
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
Two or more races
|
|
30 |
|
1.2 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino
|
|
553 |
|
22.8 |
|
32.0 |
|
12.5 |
|
|
|
|
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census
|
South Padre Island-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 80% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
|
|
Capt. Wiley's © 2007 All Rights Reserved
