Killeen is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 86,822 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Killeen is the 29th largest community in Texas.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Killeen, employing 21.90% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Retail and Healthcare industries employ 15.02% and 13.08% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

In Killeen, a good number of local people need and depend on public transportation to get to work each day, and local public transit does provide some options. Most who use transit in Killeen ride taxis.

Killeen Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Killeen who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 15.75% of the adults in Killeen have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Killeen in 2000 was $15,323, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $61,292 for a family of four.

Killeen is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Killeen home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Killeen is White, followed by African-American. Killeen also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.80% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Killeen include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Killeen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.