Owl Ranch-Amargosa is a

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(CDP) in Jim Wells County,

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, United States. The population was 527 at the 2000 census. The area is widely referred to as "Tecolote", the Spanish term for "owl". For the 2010 census, the CDP was split into two parts, Owl Ranch and Amargosa.

Geography

Owl Ranch-Amargosa is located at (27.889475, -98.109000). This community is locally known as Tecalote (Mexican word for owl). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.44% is water.

Demographics

Owl Ranch-Amargosa first appeared as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census. It was split into the Owl Ranch CDP and the Amargosa CDP prior to the 2010 U.S. Census.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 527 people, 157 households, and 127 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 206 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 78.56%

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, 0.57%

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, 0.38% Native American, 18.22% from other races, and 2.28% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 93.93% of the population. There were 157 households, out of which 44.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were

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living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.36 and the average family size was 3.74. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 38.3% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $16,875, and the median income for a family was $18,750. Males had a median income of $21,797 versus $12,647 for females. The

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for the CDP was $5,365. About 38.4% of families and 36.9% of the population were below the

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, including 35.4% of those under age 18 and 27.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Owl Ranch-Amargosa is served by the

Alice Independent School District Alice Independent School District is a public school district based in Alice, Texas (USA). In addition to Alice, the district also serves the communities of Alice Acres, Amargosa, Coyote Acres, Owl Ranch, Rancho Alegre, and portions of L ...

. - Compare with the old Owl Ranch-Amargosa boundary
The school district boundaries were the same in 1999, at the time of the Owl Ranch-Amargosa CDP
(Source:

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)

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Jim Wells County, Texas Census-designated places in Texas