Bandera, Texas
Bandera is a city in
Bandera County,
Texas,
United States. The population was 957 at the 2000 census. Its estimated population as of July 2002 was 1,087. It is the
county seat of
Bandera County. Bandera calls itself the
Cowboy Capital of the World. The city is home of Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar, a famous Hill Country Honky-Tonk. The city is about one hour west of
San Antonio, and is just on the edge of the city's suburban sprawl. On Sunday mornings, Bandera is a popular destination for
motorcyclists from San Antonio.
Paris Hilton and
Nicole Richie visited the town, while on their reality television show,
The Simple Life 2, (Road Trip.) To earn money so they can get to their final destination of L.A. they worked at the Bandera County Jail. The girls caused a lot of trouble pulling over many innocent drivers and talking to jail inhabitants, when told not to.
Willie Nelson has an instrumental called "Bandera" on his
Red Headed Stranger record.
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Location of Bandera, Texas |
Bandera is located at (29.725804, -99.074964).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0
km² (1.2
mi²), all land.
As of the
census of 2000, there were 957 people, 408 households, and 239 families residing in the city. The
population density was 315.8/km² (820.2/mi²). There were 488 housing units at an average density of 161.0/km² (418.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.98%
White, 0.21%
African American, 0.52%
Native American, 2.51% from
other races, and 1.78% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 21.84% of the population.
There were 408 households out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were
married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 25.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 83.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,089, and the median income for a family was $36,500. Males had a median income of $27,604 versus $17,813 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $16,502. About 11.0% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over.
Bandera is served by the
Bandera Independent School District.
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Handbook of Texas article
