Garfield, Texas
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Garfield is a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Travis County
Travis County, Texas
As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...

, Texas
Texas
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, in the United States
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. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the CDP population was 1,660.

Geography

Garfield is located at 30°11′15"N 97°33′23"W (30.187449, -97.556519), 12 miles (19 km) east of downtown Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

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According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 13.9 square miles (35.9 km²), of which, 13.7 square miles (35.4 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (1.44%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 1,660 people, 550 households, and 421 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 121.3 people per square mile (46.9/km²). There were 585 housing units at an average density of 42.7/sq mi (16.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 73.73% White, 2.35% African American, 0.54% Native American, 1.08% Asian, 19.46% from other races
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, and 2.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 32.17% of the population.

There were 550 households out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 107.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,618, and the median income for a family was $53,558. Males had a median income of $30,125 versus $25,074 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $24,957. About 9.5% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.9% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Garfield is served by the Del Valle Independent School District
Del Valle Independent School District
Del Valle Independent School District is a public school district with its headquarters in the Edward A. Neal Administration Building in the Del Valle community and in unincorporated Travis County, Texas ....

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