Lake City is a town in San Patricio County,

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, United States. The population was 447 at the 2020 census, down from 509 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Lake City is located at (28.079632, –97.885443). According to the

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, the town has a total area of 0.7 square mile (1.7 km²), of which 0.6 square mile (1.7 km²) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km²) (5.97%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 526 people, 224 households, and 161 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 309 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 83.46%

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, 0.19%

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, 0.57% Native American, 12.55% from other races, and 3.23% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 30.80% of the population. There were 224 households, out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were

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living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.75. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 25.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $31,146, and the median income for a family was $40,250. Males had a median income of $37,917 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the town was $20,457. About 9.5% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the

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, including 14.8% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Town of Lake City is served by the Mathis Independent School District.
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is the designated community college for all of San Patricio County.Texas Education Code Sec. 130.177. DEL MAR COLLEGE-CORPUS CHRISTI JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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References

{{authority control Towns in San Patricio County, Texas Towns in Texas Corpus Christi metropolitan area