Amarillo, TX

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2023 Population

200,945

0.292% 1-year growth

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2023 Median Household Income

$62,469

3.04% 1-year growth

About

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None of the households in Amarillo, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

The largest universities in Amarillo, TX are Amarillo College (222576) (2,380 degrees awarded in 2022), Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy (476896) (79 degrees), and Milan Institute-Amarillo (77 degrees).

Most people in Amarillo, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Amarillo, TX was 2 cars per household.

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Economy

The economy of Amarillo, TX employs N/A people. The largest industries in Amarillo, TX are Health Care & Social Assistance (13,466 people), Retail Trade (11,583 people), and Manufacturing (10,603 people), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($88,021), Utilities ($87,554), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($70,371).

Employment

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Amarillo, TX, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (10,758 people), Sales & Related Occupations (9,838 people), and Management Occupations (7,305 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Amarillo, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Amarillo, TX, are Health Care & Social Assistance (13,466 people), Retail Trade (11,583 people), and Manufacturing (10,603 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Amarillo, TX, though some of these residents may live in Amarillo, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

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2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (42.5%)
Democratic Party
Jill Stein (0.726%)
Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

Ted Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Amarillo, TX awarded 2,553 degrees. The student population of Amarillo, TX in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 3,297 male students and 6,035 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Amarillo, TX are Hispanic or Latino (1,204 and 47.2%), followed by White (980 and 38.4%), Black or African American (156 and 6.12%), and Asian (95 and 3.72%).

The largest universities in Amarillo, TX by number of degrees awarded are Amarillo College (222576) (2,380 and 93.2%), Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy (476896) (79 and 3.09%), and Milan Institute-Amarillo (77 and 3.02%).

The most popular majors in Amarillo, TX are General Studies (392 and 15.4%), General Business Administration & Management (260 and 10.2%), and Registered Nursing (205 and 8.03%).

Completions

Concentrations

In 2022, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Amarillo, TX was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Amarillo, TX according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

Amarillo College (222576)
2,380 degrees awarded
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy (476896)
79 degrees awarded
Milan Institute-Amarillo
77 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Amarillo College (222576) with 2,380 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2022, 1,130 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Amarillo, TX, which is 0.794 times less than the 1,423 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Hispanic or Latino students. These 1,204 degrees mean that there were 1.23 times more degrees awarded to Hispanic or Latino students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, White, with 980 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Housing & Living

People in Amarillo, TX have an average commute time of 19.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Amarillo, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the places in Amarillo, TX colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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$62,469

Median Household Income

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78.6k

Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in Amarillo, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

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This chart shows the number of workers in Amarillo, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (78.9%)
Carpooled (12.1%)
Worked At Home (5.88%)

In 2023, 78.9% of workers in Amarillo, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.1%) and those who worked at home (5.88%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

19.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Amarillo, TX have a shorter commute time (19.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.8% of the workforce in Amarillo, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Amarillo, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Amarillo, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Amarillo, TX have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

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The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Amarillo, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Amarillo, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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