Horseshoe Bay, Texas
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Horseshoe Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Texas, United States. The population was 3,337 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] Geography
Horseshoe Bay is located at (30.544814, -98.368428)GR1. It is located in both Burnet County and Llano County on the southern shore of Lake Lyndon B. Johnson. This is about 23 miles southwest of Llano and 42 miles northwest of Austin.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 69.1 km² (26.7 mi²). 60.5 km² (23.4 mi²) of it is land and 8.6 km² (3.3 mi²) of it (12.48%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 3,337 people, 1,623 households, and 1,186 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 55.1/km² (142.8/mi²). There were 2,773 housing units at an average density of 45.8/km² (118.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.22% White, 0.33% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 1.47% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.29% of the population.
There were 1,623 households out of which 11.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.5% were married couples living together, 2.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.9% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.37.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 10.6% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 15.0% from 25 to 44, 36.2% from 45 to 64, and 34.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $54,073, and the median income for a family was $65,324. Males had a median income of $39,375 versus $23,019 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $36,254. About 5.8% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Education
The Llano County portion of Horseshoe Bay is served by the Llano Independent School District. The Burnet County portion is served by the Marble Falls Independent School District.
[edit] External links
- Horseshoe Bay from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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