Santa Clara is a city in Guadalupe County,

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. Santa Clara was incorporated as a city in May 1999.

Geography

Santa Clara is located in western Guadalupe County. It is west and north of

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and east of Cibolo. Seguin, the

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, is to the east, and downtown

is to the southwest. According to the

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, Santa Clara has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 889 people, 297 households, and 247 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 310 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 90.21%

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, 1.35%

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, 0.67% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.11%

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, 5.62% from other races, and 1.91% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 13.16% of the population. There were 297 households, out of which 43.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.7% were

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living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.5% were non-families. 12.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.27. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $51,250, and the median income for a family was $54,500. Males had a median income of $36,447 versus $27,313 for females. The

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for the city was $31,971. About 1.8% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the

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, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

Santa Clara is served by the Marion Independent School District.

References

External links

City of Santa Clara official website
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