Southlake, Texas
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Southlake is a city located primarily in Tarrant County, Texas. A small northernly region of the city is located in Denton County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 21,519.
Southlake is well known for its Southlake Town Square project, a massive shopping center located on State Highway 114 and Southlake Boulevard. It is one of the most popular shopping centers in Tarrant County, especially when judged in proportion to the population of Southlake. A plan was approved in March 2005 that will more than double its area.
Sabre Holdings, the owner of Travelocity, is headquartered in Southlake.
The Dallas Burn (now F.C. Dallas) were located in Southlake before they moved to the Cotton Bowl. They moved again to Frisco, Texas in 2005.
Southlake is also home to the Carroll Dragons. Belonging to the Carroll Independent School District, the Carroll Dragons high school football team was ranked #1 in the country in 2004, 2005, and 2006 and has lived up to its claim by winning the division 5A state championship in 2003, 2005, and 2006, while being the runner up in 2004. Carroll also won three other football titles in the 1970's and 1980's while a smaller classification school.
Geography
Image:TXMap-doton-Southlake.PNG Southlake is located at 32°56'48" North, 97°8'43" West (32.946678, -97.145230)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 58.1 km² (22.5 mi²). 56.7 km² (21.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.4 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.45% water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 21,519 people, 6,414 households, and 5,958 families residing in the city. The population density was 379.6/km² (983.0/mi²). There were 6,614 housing units at an average density of 116.7/km² (302.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.54% White, 1.39% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.79% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. 3.67% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 6,414 households out of which 60.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 88.0% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 7.1% were non-families. 5.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.35 and the average family size was 3.48.
In the city the population was spread out with 37.1% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 3.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $131,549, and the median income for a family was $136,023. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $46,042 for females. The per capita income for the city was $47,597. 1.8% of the population and 1.3% of families were below the poverty line. 2.0% of those under the age of 18 and 2.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
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