Demographics

Historical population Year Pop.   ±%   1850 629 —     1860 3,494 +455.5% 1870 4,428 +26.7% 1880 11,013 +148.7% 1890 14,575 +32.3% 1900 22,258 +52.7% 1910 29,860 +34.2% 1920 34,876 +16.8% 1930 53,120 +52.3% 1940 87,930 +65.5% 1950 132,459 +50.6% 1960 186,545 +40.8% 1970 251,808 +35.0% 1980 345,496 +37.2% 1990 472,020 +36.6% 2000 656,562 +39.1% 2010 790,390 +20.4% 2012 842,592 +6.6%

According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Austin is:

White: 68.3% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 48.7%) Hispanic or Latino: 35.1% (29.1% Mexican, 0.5% Puerto Rican, 0.4% Cuban, 5.1% Other) African American: 8.1% Asian: 6.3% (1.9% Indian, 1.5% Chinese, 1.0% Vietnamese, 0.7% Korean, 0.3% Filipino, 0.2% Japanese, 0.8% Other) American Indian: 0.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1% Two or More Races: 3.4% Austin's racial and ethnic geography - Red is White European, Blue is African-American, Green is Asian-American, Orange is Hispanic/Latino, Gray is Other. Each dot represents 25 people.

As of the census of 2000, there were 656,562 people, 265,649 households, and 141,590 families residing in the city (roughly comparable in size to San Francisco, Leeds, UK; and Ottawa). The population density was 2,610.4 people per square mile (1,007.9/km²). There were 276,842 housing units at an average density of 1,100.7 per square mile (425.0/km²). There were 265,648 households out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 16.6% from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 105.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $42,689, and the median income for a family was $54,091. Males had a median income of $35,545 vs. $30,046 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,163. About 9.1% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. The median house price was $185,906 in 2009, and it has increased every year since 2004.

In July 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the Austin–Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan area had 1,705,075 people.