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| Big Spring |
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| Population 2000: | 25,233 |
| Population 2002: | 24,798 |
| Elevation: | 2,432 feet |
| Area codes: | 432 |
| Land area: | 19.1 square miles |
| Foreign born: | 7.1% (6.5% Latin America) |
| County: | Howard |
| Industries: | Educational,health and social services (31.8%), Retail trade (10.1%). |
| Population growth: | -435 (-1.72%) |
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| Races |
| White Non-Hispanic: | 48.4% |
| Hispanic: | 44.6% |
| Other race: | 14.4% |
| Black: | 5.3% |
| Two or more races: | 2.4% |
| American Indian: | 1.2% |
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| Marital Status |
| Now married: | 57.6% |
| Never married: | 18.6% |
| Divorced: | 10.5% |
| Widowed: | 10.2% |
| Separated: | 3.1% |
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| Median |
| House value: | $36,500 |
| Household income: | $28,257 |
| Resident age: | 35.1 years |
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| Big Spring Compared to Texas State Average |
| Median house value: | below |
| Hispanic race population percentage: | much above |
| Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher: | below |
| Institutionalized population percentage: | much above |
| Foreign-born population percentage: | much above |
| Median age: | below |
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| Education |
| High school or higher: | 67.8% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher: | 11.1% |
| Unemployed: | 7.7% |
| Graduate or professional degree: | 3.4% |
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| Crime Statistics |
| 2002 larceny counts: | 667 (2530.7 per 100,000) |
| 2002 burglaries: | 318 (1206.6 per 100,000) |
| 2002 crime index: | 283.4 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime |
| 2002 auto thefts: | 52 (197.3 per 100,000) |
| 2002 assaults: | 43 (163.2 per 100,000) |
| 2002 rapes: | 16 (60.7 per 100,000) |
| 2002 robberies: | 8 (30.4 per 100,000) |
| 2002 murder: | 1 (3.8 per 100,000) |
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| Ancestries |
| United States: | 9.6% |
| Irish: | 6.0% |
| German: | 5.8% |
| English: | 5.5% |
| Scotch-Irish: | 1.4% |
| French: | 1.1% |