San Angelo, Texas

San Angelo is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County^GR6, Texas, United States. It is also the principal city of the 'San Angelo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of both Irion and Tom Green counties of Texas. As of the 2000 census, San Angelo had a total population of 88,439.

The city is located at the confluence of the North Concho River and South Concho River, which in turn form the Concho River, a tributary of the Colorado River.

San Angelo is home to Angelo State University and a branch campus of Howard College.

The city is home to the San Angelo Colts, a United League Baseball minor league team; as well as the San Angelo Stampede Express, a minor league indoor football team.

It is also home to the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, the location of a yearly Christmas festival, Christmas at Old Fort Concho, and during the late 19th century the headquarters of the 8th Cavalry, made up mainly of "buffalo soldiers".

Goodfellow Air Force Base is also located at the city's outskirts. The primary tasks of the units stationed there are intelligence and firefighter training.

Mathis Field (also known as San Angelo Regional Airport) is the commercial airport serving the city.

San Angelo's main newspaper is the San Angelo Standard-Times.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 Famous Residents
5 External links

[edit] Geography

San Angelo is located at 31°27′11″N, 100°27′9″W (31.453113, -100.452502)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 150.9 km² (58.2 mi²). 144.8 km² (55.9 mi²) of it is land and 6.1 km² (2.3 mi²) of it (4.03%) is water..

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 88,439 people, 34,006 households, and 22,409 families residing in the city. The population density was 610.8/km² (1,582.2/mi²). There were 37,699 housing units at an average density of 260.4/km² (674.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 77.10% White, 4.73% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 13.96% from other races, and 2.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 33.15% of the population.

There were 34,006 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 13.8% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,232, and the median income for a family was $38,665. Males had a median income of $27,532 versus $20,470 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,289. About 11.6% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.3% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Education

Almost all of San Angelo is in the San Angelo Independent School District. Small parts of San Angelo are served by the Wall Independent School District (SE San Angelo) and the Grape Creek Independent School District (NE San Angelo).

[edit] Famous Residents

Frank (Bring'em Back Alive) Buck lived in San Angelo in the 1940's and 1950's.

Jazz great [1]Jack Teagarden lived in San Angelo.

Pop singer Paula DeAnda was born in San Angelo in 1989.

Poker legend Doyle Brunson lived in San Angelo for part of his life.

Four-time Cy Young Award-winning baseball pitcher Greg Maddux was born in San Angelo.

Ernest Tubb Country Music Hall Of Fame worked for several years in San Angelo and had a daily live music show on a local radio station prior to going to Nashville.

Jimmy Don Cox, actor, western artist and former Tom Green County Deputy Sherriff

Former tennis player Cliff Richey, who won 10 singles titles in the 1970s, was born in San Angelo.

Tex-Mex rock group Los Lonely Boys is from San Angelo.

Matthew Mcconaughey's ranch is outside of San Angelo

[edit] External links

City of San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo Independent School District
San Angelo Standard-Times
Angelo State University
SanAngelo.com
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