Demographics of Bowie city, Texas

Bowie city, Texas had 6,113 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +660 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Bowie city, in four figures

6,113
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 5,770 ±18.; +12.1%
Change since July 2020: +660 people.; 34.4 ±5.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $57,488 ±$6,909
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Bowie city, Texas's population grew 12.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Bowie city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Bowie city, Texas's population grew 12.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Bowie city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	5,453	100.0	100.0
2021	5,580	102.3	100.2
2022	5,774	105.9	100.7
2023	6,003	110.1	101.6
2024	6,062	111.2	102.5
2025	6,113	112.1	103.1

Population of Bowie city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	5,453	—
2021	5,580	+127
2022	5,774	+194
2023	6,003	+229
2024	6,062	+59
2025	6,113	+51

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 34.4 ±5.4: for men 30.0 ±8.1 and for women 42.9 ±9.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Bowie city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	397 ±94	6.9% ±1.6	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,176 ±231	20.4% ±4.0	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	486 ±167	8.4% ±2.9	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,449 ±240	25.1% ±4.2	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,250 ±250	21.7% ±4.3	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,012 ±206	17.5% ±3.6	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $57,488 ±$6,909, and income per person $28,464 ±$2,650, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Bowie city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	492 ±201	20.8% ±8.4	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	524 ±170	22.2% ±7.0	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	524 ±200	22.2% ±8.3	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	61 to 211	2.6% to 8.9%	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	503 ±163	21.3% ±6.7	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	66 to 222	2.8% to 9.4%	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4 to 80	0.2% to 3.4%	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Bowie city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	939 ±346	16.7% ±6.2	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	155 to 605	10.9% to 37.4%	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	433 ±176	15.3% ±6.0	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	32 to 220	3.0% to 18.0%	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Bowie city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bowie city	Texas	United States
Housing units	2,625 ±207	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.1% ±9.8	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.3% to 15.5%	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.7% ±8.8	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	31.3% ±7.3	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$174,300 ±$24,541	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,080 ±$185	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1973 ±3	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Bowie city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	615 ±239	10.7% ±4.1	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,926 ±269	85.4% ±4.7	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 26	0% to 0.5%	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.4%	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 57	0% to 1.0%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 9	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	94 to 296	1.6% to 5.1%	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Bowie city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	4,168 ±440	72.2% ±7.6	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,443 ±440	25.0% ±7.6	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 25	0% to 0.4%	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	40 to 256	0.7% to 4.4%	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	13 to 135	0.2% to 2.3%	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	5 to 143	0.1% to 2.5%	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Bowie city among the places of Texas

393rd of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Bowie city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Childress city	5,834 ±218
Aledo city	5,825 ±33
Littlefield city	5,822 ±23
Windcrest city	5,820 ±42
Homestead Meadows North CDP	5,795 ±1,615
Bowie city	5,770 ±18
McGregor city	5,761 ±19
Slaton city	5,761 ±25
Livingston town	5,718 ±21
Shady Hollow CDP	5,709 ±962
Elsa city	5,697 ±17

Rankings this appears in

No. 20 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 39 Places in Texas by median age
No. 63 Places in Texas by homeownership rate
No. 162 Places in Texas by median rent
No. 189 Places in Texas by median household income
No. 208 Places in Texas by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026