Expanding Population
Copperas Cove's Central location is undoubtedly its greatest asset. It is within a two-hour drive of a population base of over 5,000,000 people and a retail trade area of approximately 250,000 people.

Copperas Cove is easily accessible by U. S. Highway 190, a four-lane, controlled access highway and is only a short 20 minutes to Interstate 35, the north-south corridor between Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin/San Antonio.

Copperas Cove is part of the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Killeen-Temple MSA is made up of the cities of Temple, Belton, Harker Heights, Killeen and Copperas Cove. The Killeen-Temple MSA continues to be one of the fastest growing MSAs in the State of Texas.

 

2000 Census Data

City 

 2000  1990  Change

Killeen 

 86,911  63,535  36.8%

Gatesville  

 15,591 11,492  35.7%

Harker Heights 

 17,308  12,841  34.8%

Copperas Cove   

29,952 24,079 22.3%

Temple  

 54,514 46,109  18.2%

Belton  

 14,623  12,476 17.2%

Lampasas   

 6,786 6,382 6.3%

County  

 2000 1990  Change

Williamson  

 249,967 139,551 79.1%

Lampasas  

 17,762 13,521 31.4%

Bell   

 237,974 191,088 24.5%

Coryell   

74,978 64,213 16.8%

 

Nearest Interstate 

 IH-35

Distance to IH-35 

 25 miles

Nearest Major Highway 

 Hwy 190

Square Miles of Copperas Cove 

 8.5

Square Miles of Fort Hood 

 339

Square Miles of Coryell Co. 

 1,055

Sea Level 

 700 feet

Population    
DISCLAIMER:  The Demographic information below is furnished by Claritas, an industry leader in data solutions. Other sources list Copperas Cove's 2004 population estimate as being higher than what Claritas has estimated. This data is also provided below. The demographic information on housing, race, etc., is based on Claritas data.
Description Actual Pct. 
2004 Estimate 29,228  
   Texas State Data Center 2004 Estimate 29,976  
Click the link below for more information on Texas State Data Center's methodology:
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2000 Census 29,592  
1990 Census 24,297  
Growth 1990-2000   21.79%
     
2004 Est. Population by Single Race Classification   29,228
White Alone 19,013 65.05
Black or African American Alone 5,574 19.07
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 245 0.84
Asian Alone 731 2.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 129 0.44
Some Other Race Alone 1,590 5.44
Two or More Races 1,946 6.66
     
2004 Est. Population Hispanic or Latino by Origin*   29,228
Not Hispanic or Latino 25,511 87.28
Hispanic or Latino: 3,717 12.72
Mexican 1,892 50.9
Puerto Rican 869 23.38
Cuban 57 1.53
All Other Hispanic or Latino 899 24.19
     
2004 Est. Hispanic or Latino by Single Race Class.   3,717
White Alone 1,503 40.44
Black or African American Alone 166 4.47
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 66 1.78
Asian Alone 43 1.16
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 11 0.3
Some Other Race Alone 1,493 40.17
Two or More Races 435 11.7
     
2004 Est. Pop. Asian Alone Race by Category*   731
Chinese, except Taiwanese 35 4.79
Filipino 166 22.71
Japanese 64 8.76
Asian Indian 26 3.56
Korean 315 43.09
Vietnamese 40 5.47
Cambodian 7 0.96
Hmong 1 0.14
Laotian 2 0.27
Thai 37 5.06
Other Asian 19 2.6
Two or more Asian categories 19 2.6
     
2004 Est. Population by Ancestry   29,228
Pop, Arab 50 0.17
Pop, Czech 81 0.28
Pop, Danish 54 0.18
Pop, Dutch 220 0.75
Pop, English 1,435 4.91
Pop, French (except Basque) 501 1.71
Pop, French Canadian 230 0.79
Pop, German 4,008 13.71
Pop, Greek 10 0.03
Pop, Hungarian 49 0.17
Pop, Irish 1,738 5.95
Pop, Italian 717 2.45
Pop, Lithuanian 0 0
Pop, United States or American 2,431 8.32
Pop, Norwedian 426 1.46
Pop, Polish 362 1.24
Pop, Portuguese 18 0.06
Pop, Russian 31 0.11
Pop, Scottish 228 0.78
Pop, Scotch-Irish 375 1.28
Pop, Slovak 8 0.03
Pop, Subsaharan African 193 0.66
Pop, Swedish 166 0.57
Pop, Swiss 68 0.23
Pop, Ukrainian 21 0.07
Pop, Welsh 46 0.16
Pop, West Indian (exc Hisp groups) 137 0.47
     
2004 Est. Population by Ancestry     
Pop, Other ancestries 10,470 35.82
Pop, Ancestry Unclassified 5,155 17.64
     
2004 Est. Pop Age 5+ by Language Spoken At Home   26,322
Speak Only English at Home 21,968 83.46
Speak Asian/Pacific Islander Language at Home 857 3.26
Speak IndoEuropean Language at Home 1,494 5.68
Speak Spanish at Home 1,959 7.44
Speak Other Language at Home 44 0.17
     
2004 Est. Population by Sex   29,228
Male 14,521 49.68
Female 14,707 50.32
Male/Female Ratio   0.99
     
2004 Est. Population by Age   29,228
Age 0 - 4 2,906 9.94
Age 5 - 9 2,588 8.85
Age 10 - 14 2,473 8.46
Age 15 - 17 1,446 4.95
Age 18 - 20 1,513 5.18
Age 21 - 24 2,376 8.13
Age 25 - 34 4,905 16.78
Age 35 - 44 4,309 14.74
Age 45 - 49 1,588 5.43
Age 50 - 54 1,303 4.46
Age 55 - 59 1,123 3.84