Editing Prairie View, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 2326
|1970= 3796
|1980= 3993
|1990= 4004
|2000= 4410
|2010= 5576
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
|2020=8184}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Prairie View racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4859336&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|184
|2.25%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|6,712
|82.01%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|31
|0.38%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|17
|0.21%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|1
|0.01%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|118
|1.44%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|51
|0.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|1,070
|13.07%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''8,184'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,184 people, 1,031 households, and 353 families residing in the city.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,410 people, 694 households, and 360 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|611.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 834 housing units at an average density of {{convert|115.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 3.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 93.51% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.43% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.36% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.04% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.65% of the population.

There were 694 households, out of which 21.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.0% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 9.1% under the age of 18, 68.2% from 18 to 24, 10.3% from 25 to 44, 6.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males.

The [[median income]] for a household in the city was $24,805, and the median income for a family was $36,071. Males had a median income of $25,882 versus $21,161 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $8,219. About 13.2% of families and 24.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 14.9% of those age 65 or over.