Granite Shoals, Texas

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Granite Shoals is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,040 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Granite Shoals is located at 30°35′13″N, 98°22′54″W (30.587032, -98.381693)^GR1. This is seven miles west of Marble Falls and 44 miles northwest of Austin, on the north shore of Lake Lyndon B. Johnson.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.4 km² (3.2 mi²). 6.4 km² (2.5 mi²) of it is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (24.07%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,040 people, 825 households, and 593 families residing in the city. The population density was 320.2/km² (828.3/mi²). There were 1,224 housing units at an average density of 192.1/km² (497.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 86.57% White, 1.13% African American, 0.74% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 10.44% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.18% of the population.

There were 825 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,283, and the median income for a family was $34,053. Males had a median income of $24,948 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,434. About 10.6% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.6% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.