San Angelo is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green CountyGR6, Texas, United States. It is also the principal city of the 'San Angelo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area' that includes all of Irion and Tom Green county. As of the 2000 census, San Angelo had a total population of 88,439.
The city is located at the confluence of the North Concho River and South Concho River, which in turn form the Concho River, a tributary of the Colorado River.
San Angelo is home to Angelo State University and a branch campus of Howard College.
San Angelo is also home to the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark. During the late 19th century, it was the headquarters of the 10th Cavalry, which was made up mainly of 'buffalo soldiers.' A yearly Christmas festival called 'Christmas at Old Fort Concho' is held at the fort today.
Town & Country Food Stores, a multi-million dollar company, is headquartered in and has a strong presence in San Angelo.
Local sports teams include the San Angelo Colts, a United League Baseball minor league team; as well as the San Angelo Stampede Express, a minor league indoor football team.
Goodfellow Air Force Base is also located at the city's outskirts. The primary tasks of the units stationed there are intelligence and firefighter training.
Mathis Field (also known as San Angelo Regional Airport) is the commercial airport serving the city.
San Angelo's main newspaper is the San Angelo Standard-Times.
GeographySan Angelo is located at (31.453113, -100.452502)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 150.9 km˛ (58.2 mi˛). 144.8 km˛ (55.9 mi˛) of it is land and 6.1 km˛ (2.3 mi˛) of it (4.03%) is water.
DemographicsAs of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 88,439 people, 34,006 households, and 22,409 families residing in the city. The population density was 610.8/km˛ (1,582.2/mi˛). There were 37,699 housing units at an average density of 260.4/km˛ (674.5/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city was 77.10% White, 4.73% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 13.96% from other races, and 2.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 33.15% of the population.
There were 34,006 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 13.8% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,232, and the median income for a family was $38,665. Males had a median income of $27,532 versus $20,470 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,289. About 11.6% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.3% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
EducationAlmost all of San Angelo is in the San Angelo Independent School District. Small parts of San Angelo are served by the Wall Independent School District (SE San Angelo) and the Grape Creek Independent School District (NE San Angelo).
Famous ResidentsFrank (Bring'em Back Alive) Buck lived in San Angelo in the 1940s and 1950s.
Author/Journalist Eduardo Paz-Martinez
Jazz musician Jack Teagarden [1] lived in San Angelo.
Actor Fess Parker [2] grew up on a ranch near San Angelo.
Pop singer Paula DeAnda was born in San Angelo in 1989.
Famous Poker player Doyle Brunson lived in San Angelo for part of his life.
Four-time Cy Young Award-winning baseball pitcher Greg Maddux was born in San Angelo.
Musician Ernest Tubb Country Music Hall Of Fame worked for several years in San Angelo and had a daily live music show on a local radio station prior to going to Nashville.
Western Roustabout Elmer Kelton lives in San Angelo.
Actor, western artist, and former Tom Green County Deputy Sherriff Jimmy Don Cox [3] is from San Angelo.
Former tennis player Cliff Richey, who won 10 singles titles in the 1970s, was born in San Angelo.
Matthew Mcconaughey's ranch is outside of San Angelo (Mertzon, actually).
War Resister Brandon Hughey
Los Lonely Boys is an American grammy winning musical group from San Angelo that plays a Tex-Mex rock, with elements of blues, soul, country, and Tejano.
