2024 population: 295,490 ( 9,253 from 2020)
Land area: 2680.6 square miles
Population density: 110.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	179,634	60.79%	0.8%
Black:	52,251	17.68%	1.4%
Indian:	1,433	0.48%	5.1%
Asian:	3,267	1.11%	18.3%
2+ races:	5,870	1.99%	18.2%
Hispanic:	53,035	17.95%	11.9%

Total non-White:	115,856	39.21%	7.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	15,092	13.2
Deaths:	15,732	13.7
Net Migration:	8,160	7.1
Net Immigration:	1,581	1.4

Change in White population:	1,413	0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	7,840	2.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
286,237
178,221	62.26%
51,524	18.00%
1,363	0.48%
2,762	0.96%
4,965	1.73%
47,402	16.56%
108,016	37.74%

2010
214,369
141,499	66.01%
36,815	17.17%
902	0.42%
1,717	0.80%
2,992	1.40%
30,240	14.11%
72,870	33.99%

2000
194,042
140,316	72.31%
34,583	17.82%
760	0.39%
949	0.49%
1,762	0.91%
15,575	8.03%
53,726	27.69%

1990
180,053
139,770	77.63%
32,415	18.00%
1,106	0.61%
509	0.28%
n/a
6,253	3.47%
40,283	22.37%

1980
169,464
134,119	79.14%
31,059	18.33%
575	0.34%
792	0.47%
n/a
2,894	1.71%
35,345	20.86%

1970
131,007
102,079	77.92%
27,583	21.05%
132	0.10%
60	0.05%
n/a
1,041	0.79%
28,928	22.08%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
34,504	16.1
26,951	12.6
-2,693	-1.3
1,888	0.9

36,722	17.1
35,146	16.4

Number	Rate
2000's
27,884	14.4
19,583	10.1
2,424	1.2
3,306	1.7

1,183	0.6
19,144	9.9

Number	Rate
1990's
27,741	15.4
19,979	11.1
5,652	3.1
2,730	1.5

546	0.3
13,443	7.5

Number	Rate
1980's
29,433	17.4
17,956	10.6
-124	-0.1
n/a

5,651	3.3
4,938	2.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
28,622	21.8
n/a

32,040	24.5
6,417	4.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Longview, TX Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.8
70,348	23.8%
225,142	76.2%
47,636	16.1%

104,762
2.63

72,654	69.4%
51,894	71.4%
8,623	11.9%
32,108	30.6%

2010
Number	Percent
37.1
53,122	24.8%
161,247	75.2%
30,154	14.1%

79,199
2.58

55,389	69.9%
40,441	73.0%
5,846	10.6%
23,810	30.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
51,140	26.4%
142,902	73.6%
27,406	14.1%

73,279
2.56

52,605	71.8%
40,989	77.9%
5,250	10.0%
20,674	28.2%

1990
Number	Percent
33.5
49,357	27.4%
130,696	72.6%
25,966	14.4%

67,841
2.60

49,709	73.3%
40,414	81.3%
4,144	8.3%
18,132	26.7%

1980
Number	Percent
30.9
49,208	29.0%
120,256	71.0%
22,955	13.5%

60,964
2.73

46,804	76.8%
40,253	86.0%
2,842	6.1%
14,160	23.2%

2022 Housing Data for Longview, TX Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,072	5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,741	4.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,763	4.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,403	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,288	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,932	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,124	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,967	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,195	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,870	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,973	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	13,743	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	9,621	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,916	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,242	6.9%
$200,000 or more	5,912	5.6%

Median Household Income	62,874
Per Capita Income	31,245

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,104	6.8%
Public Assistance	1,851	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	14,607	13.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	98,567	66.2%
Unemployed	4,993	3.4%
In Armed Forces	129	0.1%

Total Labor Force	103,689	69.7%
Not in Labor Force	45,115	30.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	50,585	37,007	57.8%
Non-Profit	3,146	6,904	31.3%
Self-Employed	7,824	4,783	62.1%

Local Government	3,193	5,270	37.7%
State Government	2,125	3,504	37.8%
Federal Government	897	982	47.7%

Total Private + Self	58,409	41,790	58.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,361	16,660	36.0%
Total	67,770	58,450	53.7%

Pct. Govt.	12.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	15,443	12.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	27,464	21.7%
Professional, Technical	24,278	19.2%
Service Occupations	20,465	16.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	801	0.6%
All others	38,860	30.7%

White Collar		53.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	17,058	13.5%
Retail trade	15,147	12.0%
Manufacturing	13,994	11.1%
Educational services	11,869	9.4%
Construction	9,622	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	9,252	7.3%
Other services	6,995	5.5%
Transportation and warehousing	6,258	4.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,466	4.3%
Public administration	5,095	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,080	4.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	4,959	3.9%
Finance and insurance	4,561	3.6%
Wholesale trade	3,258	2.6%
Utilities	2,385	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,138	1.7%
Information	1,379	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,014	0.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	962	0.8%
Management	18	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	42,326	14.73%
Puerto Rican	786	0.27%
Cuban	186	0.06%
Dominican	28	0.01%

Total Central American	1,622	0.56%
Costa Rican	13	0.00%
Guatemalan	182	0.06%
Honduran	312	0.11%
Nicaraguan	19	0.01%
Panamanian	56	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,040	0.36%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	422	0.15%
Argentinean	14	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	22	0.01%
Colombian	222	0.08%
Ecuadorian	86	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	47	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	31	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,881	0.65%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	419	0.15%
Filipino	311	0.11%
Chinese	279	0.10%
Indian	266	0.09%
Cambodian	266	0.09%
Korean	198	0.07%
Hmong	121	0.04%
Thai	109	0.04%
Mongolian	78	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	234,661	87.0%
Spanish	31,662	11.7%
Other Asian	981	0.4%
Other Indo-European	632	0.2%
Vietnamese	374	0.1%
German, other Germanic	329	0.1%
Other	290	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	242	0.1%
Tagalog	242	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	36,849	12.8%
English	30,499	10.6%
Irish	26,722	9.3%
German	22,499	7.8%
French	5,076	1.8%
Italian	4,776	1.7%
Scottish	4,596	1.6%
European	3,904	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	2,798	1.0%
Dutch	2,646	0.9%
British	1,417	0.5%
Polish	1,271	0.4%
African	1,262	0.4%
Norwegian	1,201	0.4%
Swedish	1,153	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	275,151	95.8%
Not a citizen	12,208	4.2%

Native	268,738	93.5%
Foreign-born	18,621	6.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,134	4.8%	16,124	8.5%	59,171	31.1%	67,017	35.3%	26,331	13.9%	12,278	6.5%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,134	4.8%
9-12 Years	16,124	8.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	59,171	31.1%
Some College	67,017	35.3%
Bach. Degree	26,331	13.9%
Grad Degree	12,278	6.5%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	225,094	208,552	16,542	7.3%
1991	233,910	213,846	20,064	8.6%
1992	238,986	216,256	22,730	9.5%
1993	239,280	217,066	22,214	9.3%
1994	242,516	221,946	20,570	8.5%
1995	243,286	224,690	18,596	7.6%
1996	246,836	227,898	18,938	7.7%
1997	249,472	231,318	18,154	7.3%
1998	251,498	233,612	17,886	7.1%
1999	250,432	232,816	17,616	7.0%

2000	244,956	232,168	12,788	5.2%
2001	246,636	233,398	13,238	5.4%
2002	250,658	233,768	16,890	6.7%
2003	256,074	238,532	17,542	6.9%
2004	264,300	249,008	15,292	5.8%
2005	267,382	253,520	13,862	5.2%
2006	269,282	256,496	12,786	4.7%
2007	274,230	263,036	11,194	4.1%
2008	280,538	268,684	11,854	4.2%
2009	284,262	262,934	21,328	7.5%

2010	267,300	244,770	22,530	8.4%
2011	270,936	249,770	21,166	7.8%
2012	273,222	255,374	17,848	6.5%
2013	272,924	255,668	17,256	6.3%
2014	271,878	257,926	13,952	5.1%
2015	262,722	249,424	13,298	5.1%
2016	257,258	241,630	15,628	6.1%
2017	253,402	240,206	13,196	5.2%
2018	255,628	244,888	10,740	4.2%
2019	256,770	247,110	9,660	3.8%

2020	250,546	230,674	19,872	7.9%
2021	250,232	234,428	15,804	6.3%
2022	252,276	241,474	10,802	4.3%
2023	255,408	244,428	10,980	4.3%
2024	258,278	246,098	12,180	4.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	121,141
Median Value	$165,162

Occupied	104,762	86.5%
Vacant	16,379	13.5%

Owned	72,282	69.0%
Rented	32,480	31.0%
Median Rent	$970

Single-Family Units	83,817	69.2%
Detached	82,205	67.9%
Attached	1,612	1.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	10,057	8.3%
Mobile Homes	17,915	14.8%

Longview, TX Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Longview, TX Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Longview, TX Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Longview, TX Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Longview, TX Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Longview, TX Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Longview, TX Metro Area