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Abilene, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Abilene had a population of 115,930 people ^<1>. This represents 0.55% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 19th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	116,484	+0.48%	+0.29% since 2007
2007	116,142	+0.18%	+0.4% since 2006
2006	115,674	-0.22%	+0.09% since 2005
2005	115,565	-0.31%	+0.23% since 2004
2004	115,298	-0.55%	+0.34% since 2003
2003	114,904	-0.89%
2002	114,836	-0.94%
2001	114,762	-1.01%	-1.01% since 2000
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2000	115,930	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
16	Brownsville	S	466 mi [749 km]	175,494	25.6% increase
17	Grand Prairie	E	158 mi [254.3 km]	160,641	26.07% increase
18	Mesquite	E	184 mi [296.1 km]	132,123	6.1% increase
-19-	Abilene			116,484	0.48% increase
20	Beaumont	SE	368 mi [592 km]	110,553	2.91% decrease
21	Waco	E	161 mi [259.1 km]	124,009	9.04% increase
22	Carrollton	E	168 mi [270.4 km]	125,595	14.62% increase

Abilene had 45,618 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Abilene has a total area of 110.6 square miles [286.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 105.1 square miles [272.3 km²]5.48 square miles [14.19 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Abilene had a 2000 population density of 1,102 people per square mile [425.8 people/km²].

Taylor County

The city of Abilene is primarily located in Taylor County and is the county seat. A portion of Abilene extends into Jones County.

The county had a population of 126,467 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 115,930 people, Abilene contained 91.7% of the Taylor County total.

In addition, where the community of Abilene has a population density of 1,102 people per square mile [425.8 people/km²], Taylor County averages 138.1 people per square mile [53.3 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Taylor County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Abilene and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Abilene. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	116,523	0.48% increase
10 mi [16 km]	3	117,663	0.46% increase
15 mi [24 km]	7	125,110	0.72% increase
20 mi [32 km]	9	127,507	0.75% increase
30 mi [48 km]	13	130,728	0.5% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Abilene. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Abilene, it also contains a comparison between Abilene and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Abilene QuickFact (QF-4801000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Taylor County (QF-48441).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Taylor County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Callahan	QF-48059	E	13,533	4.77% increase
Coleman	QF-48083	SE	8,577	6.58% decrease
Fisher	QF-48151	NW	3,912	9.76% decrease
Jones	QF-48253	N	19,197	7.36% decrease
Nolan	QF-48353	W	14,879	5.53% decrease
Runnels	QF-48399	S	10,273	10.47% decrease
Shackelford	QF-48417	NE	3,105	5.88% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Abilene:

	State Code:	48 (Texas)
	County Code:	441 (Taylor County)
	Place Code:	01000 (Abilene)

	State & County Code:	48441 (Texas/Taylor County)

	State & Place Code:	4801000 (Texas/Abilene)

Abilene is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Abilene.

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Abilene and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Abilene. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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