Abilene metropolitan area - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in west central

West Texas

West Texas is a vernacular term applied to a region in the southwestern quadrant of the United States that primarily encompasses the arid and semi-arid lands in the western portion of the state of Texas....

Texas that covers three counties—Taylor

Taylor County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 126,555 people, 47,274 households, and 32,524 families residing in the county. The population density was 138 people per square mile . There were 52,056 housing units at an average density of 57 per square mile...

, Jones

Jones County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,785 people, 6,140 households, and 4,525 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile . There were 7,236 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile...

, and Callahan

Callahan County, Texas

*Baird*Belle Plain*Callahan City*Clyde*Cottonwood*Cross Plains*Eula*Putnam-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Callahan County, Texas-External links:* at the University of Texas*...

. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the MSA had a population of 160,245 (though a 1 July 2009 estimate placed the population at 160,070).

Counties

Callahan
Callahan County, Texas
*Baird*Belle Plain*Callahan City*Clyde*Cottonwood*Cross Plains*Eula*Putnam-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Callahan County, Texas-External links:* at the University of Texas*...
Jones
Jones County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,785 people, 6,140 households, and 4,525 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile . There were 7,236 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile...
Taylor
Taylor County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 126,555 people, 47,274 households, and 32,524 families residing in the county. The population density was 138 people per square mile . There were 52,056 housing units at an average density of 57 per square mile...

Places with 2,500 to 5,000 people

Anson
Anson, Texas
Anson is a city in and the county seat of Jones County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,556 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
Clyde
Clyde, Texas
Clyde is a city in Callahan County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,345 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Clyde is located at ....
Dyess AFB
Merkel
Merkel, Texas
Merkel is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,637 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Merkel is located 17 miles west of Abilene near the Interstate Highway 20....
Stamford
Stamford, Texas
Stamford is a small city located on the border of Jones and Haskell counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 3,111 in 2008. H. McHarg, president of the Texas Central Railroad, named the site in 1900 for his hometown in Connecticut...

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Places with 1,000 to 2,500 people

Baird
Baird, Texas
Baird is a city in Callahan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,623 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Callahan County. The city is named after Matthew Baird, the owner and director of the Texas & Pacific Railway. The railway depot is now the visitor center and a...
Cross Plains
Cross Plains, Texas
Cross Plains is a town in Callahan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,068 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Cross Plains is located at ....
Hamlin
Hamlin, Texas
Hamlin is a city in Fisher and Jones Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,248 at the 2000 census.The Jones County portion of Hamlin is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

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Potosi
Potosi, Texas
Potosi is a census-designated place in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,664 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Potosi is located at...
Tye
Tye, Texas
Tye is a city in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,158 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Tye is located at ....

Places with fewer than 1,000 people

Buffalo Gap
Buffalo Gap, Texas
Buffalo Gap is an incorporated town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 463 at the 2000 census. It is the former county seat of Taylor County, having been supplanted in 1883 by the much larger Abilene to its north...
Hawley
Hawley, Texas
Hawley is a city in Jones County, Texas, United States. The population was 646 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Hawley is located at ....
Impact
Impact, Texas
Impact is a village in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 39 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Impact is located at ....
Lawn
Lawn, Texas
Lawn is a town in Taylor County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 353. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Lawn is located at ....
Lueders
Lueders, Texas
Lueders is a city in Jones and Shackelford counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 264 in 2008. The portion of Lueders located in Jones County is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
Putnam
Putnam, Texas
Putnam is a town in Callahan County, Texas, United States. The population was 88 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Putnam is located at ....
Trent
Trent, Texas
Trent is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Trent is located at ....
Tuscola
Tuscola, Texas
Tuscola is a city in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 714 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Tuscola is located at ....

Unincorporated places

Avoca
Avoca, Texas
Avoca is an unincorporated community in Jones County, Texas, United States.It is on State Highway 6 at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 600 and 1636, eight miles southeast of Stamford. Avoca is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Caps
Caps, Texas
Caps is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It is located southwest of Abilene near the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and FM 707. The community is part of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Cottonwood
Cottonwood, Callahan County, Texas
Cottonwood is an unincorporated community in southeastern Callahan County, Texas, United States, on FM 880, eight miles northwest of Cross Plains. It was first settled by J. W. Love in 1875, under the name Cottonwood Springs. The name was shortened to Cottonwood when a post office was established...
Eula
Eula, Texas
Eula is an unincorporated community in Callahan County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Nugent
Nugent, Texas
Nugent is an unincorporated community in Jones County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 41 in 2000. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Ovalo
Ovalo, Texas
Ovalo is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Texas, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Ovalo has a post office, with the ZIP code of 79541.The community is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area....
View
View, Texas
View is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and FM 1235, approximately thirteen miles southwest of Abilene...
Hamby

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 160,245 people, 58,475 households, and 40,799 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 81.52% White, 6.83% African American, 0.57% Native American, 1.07% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 7.78% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 2.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.15% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $32,023 and the median income for a family was $37,805. Males had a median income of $27,647 versus $19,523 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $19,523.

Traffic Problems

There are a few areas in the MSA that are prone to traffic problems. These places are along the US 83 access roads (Clack and Danville) especially on the south side of town, near the mall, on Southwest Drive from Elm Creek to the Winters Freeway, and on S 14th near the Winters Freeway.

Interstates

Interstate 20
I-20 has many business routes through the Abilene Metro Area.

US Highways

US 80
US 83
US 84
US 180
US 277
US 283

State Highways

State Highway 6
State Highway 6 (Texas)
State Highway 6 runs from the Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma boundary, to northwest of Galveston. In the Houston area, it runs north to FM 1960, then northwest along US Highway 290 to Hempstead, and south to Westheimer Road and Addicks, and is known as Addicks Satsuma Road. In the...
State Highway 36
State Highway 36 (Texas)
State Highway 36 runs from Abilene to Freeport. It was designated as The 36th Division Memorial Highway between Cameron and Sealy by the Texas Legislature in 1985.-History:...
State Highway 92
State Highway 92 (Texas)
State Highway 92 or SH 92 is a state highway that runs between Stamford and Rotan, Texas. The route was originally designated in 1926 between Stamford and Hamlin. By 1933, there was a proposed extension southwest to Longworth...
State Highway 206