Leary is a city in Bowie County,

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, United States. As part of the

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, it had a 2020 census population of 433, a decline from the figure of 495 tabulated in 2010.

Geography

Leary is located in eastern Bowie County and is bordered on the south by

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and the

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passes along the northern edge of the city, with access from exits 212 and 213.

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is to the east, and New Boston is to the west. According to the

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, Leary has a total area of , of which , or 0.68%, is water.

Demographics

According to the 2000 U.S. census, there were 555 people, 223 households, and 177 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 240 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 92.07%

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, 5.77%

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, 0.54% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.36% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population. There were 223 households, out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were

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living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.82. In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $33,295, and the median income for a family was $36,071. Males had a median income of $29,196 versus $16,250 for females. The

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for the city was $14,898. About 9.8% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the

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, including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Most of Leary is served by the Leary Independent School District. Small portions of Leary are within the Red Lick Independent School District and Redwater Independent School District.

References

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