Education
Alpine is served by Alpine Independent School District. Alpine students attend Alpine Simple School, Alpine Middle School, & Alpine High School.

Alpine is house to the independent campus of Sul Ross State University.

Distinction
Before 1950, Alpine was the big city in the big county in the big state of the Union.

Geography
Alpine is placed at 30°21'39" North, 103°39'56" West (Thirty.360718, -103.665418).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the number locality of Decade.Sextuplet km² (4.1 mi²). Ten.Sixer klick² (Quadruplet.One mi²) of these are l& and none of the metropolitan area is covered by using fluids.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 5,786 people, 2,429 family, & 1,435 families living in the city. A population density is 547.5/km² (1,416.5/mi²). There are 2,852 housing units at an typical density of 269.9/km² (698.2/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 79.19% White, 1.33% African American, 0.81% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 15.45% from other races, and 2.70% from two or more races. Fifty.31% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 2,429 home away from which Twenty-eight.7% use at times youngsters under a age of Eighteen accept the two, 43.7% come married couples living together, 11.8% have a female homeowner by using there are no married man present, & Xl.9% come non-families. 34.3% of tons house come mass produced higher of souls & Baker's dozen.1% keep around person residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Deuce.34 & a typical personal size is Trine.04.

In a city the people is spread retired by owning Xxiv.3% under a age of Eighteen, Xiv.1% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxvi.0% from either 25 to 44, Twenty.8% from either 45 to 64, & Fourteen.9% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 34 years. For each C females there are 93.Septet males. For each Hundred females age Xviii & concluded, there are Ninety.Quadruplet males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $23,979, & the median income for a personal is $31,658. Males have a median income of $27,720 versus $19,575 for females. A per capita income for the city is $13,587. Xx.9% of the people & Fifteen.5% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a amount people, Xxii.3% of people under a age of 18 & 17.1% of people 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.