Cedar Hill is a city located sixteen miles from downtown Dallas in the southwest corner of Dallas County in Texas and adjoined by Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park to its west.
Early in its history, Cedar Hill served as the temporary capital of Dallas County and lied along a branch of the Chisholm Trail. In 1856 a tornado swept through the town killing nine people and destroying most of its buildings. The seat of the county was moved to Dallas not long after.
Cedar Hill is located at 32°35'18" North, 96°56'50" West (32.588454, -96.947325).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 91.3 km2 (35.2 mi2). 91.0 km2 (35.2 mi2) of it is land and 0.2 km2 (0.1 mi2) of it is water. The total area is 0.26% water.
Because of its elevation many local radio and TV stations have their antennas located there. It has the highest concentration of such antennae in the country. Doppler radar equipment for tracking tornadoes are also attached to these steel antennae that reach a couple hundred feet into the air and whose blinking lights appear like Christmas trees at night.
It is sometimes referred to as the "hill country of Dallas" (in comparison to the "hill country" surrounding Austin and San Antonio). The city is full of native, eastern red cedar evergreen trees and stands at an elevation of about 500 feet above sea level--the highest point in a straight line from the Red River at the Texas-Oklahoma border to the Gulf Coast.
The "Austin chalk" limestone uplift on which most of Cedar Hill is spread is covered with "gumbo"-cleche-clay topsoil from a few inches to many feet. The western edge of the city, primarily the Lake Ridge neighborhood, falls below the limestone uplift on the Eagle Ford shale strata surrounding Joe Pool Lake. Home foundation problems--similar to those in Irving's Las Colinas neighborhood to the north and built on the same strata--await those who fail to take precautions in building on expansive soil lying over the Eagle Ford formation. As noted in the demographics below (and like some of the cities immediately surrounding it such as Duncanville and DeSoto), the city is significantly diverse compared to other cities around Dallas which tend to be predominantly of one ethnic origin or another. In the last few years, the city has been booming with new construction as urban sprawl spreads south of Dallas.
Midlothian, "the steel and cement capital of Texas", in Ellis County is about six miles southeast of Cedar Hill. The city houses one of the largest cement factories (and one of the largest polluters) in the United States. That same area was initially designated as the site for the Superconducting Super Collider project which was eventually halted by the United States House of Representatives in 1993.
As of 2005, the city population is over 40,000.
As of the census of 2000, there are 32,093 people, 10,748 households, and 8,738 families residing in the city. The population density is 352.5/km2 (913.0/mi2). There are 11,075 housing units at an average density of 121.7/km2 (315.1/mi2). The racial makeup of the city is 56.67% White, 33.61% African American, 0.50% Native American, 1.98% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 4.87% from other races, and 2.32% from two or more races. 11.91% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race
Demographics in southwest Dallas County have changed substantially since the late 1990s. For decades, south Dallas areas like Oak Cliff were predominantly African American communities and African Americans were the largest minority group in the Dallas area. However, Hispanics became the largest minority for the first time in 2000. As large numbers of Hispanics have moved into poorer, south Dallas areas like Oak Cliff, more affluent African Americans have moved further south into cities like Cedar Hill, Duncanville, DeSoto and to a lesser extent in county-border cities like Ovilla and Red Oak. While the White population has been relatively static, the African American population in Cedar Hill has risen dramatically. Even the demographics of Cedar Hill's most affluent neighborhood, Lake Ridge (a Master Planned Community), has changed in step with the city as a whole. As of 2003, African Americans outnumber Whites almost two to one in the Cedar Hill Public School District.
As of 2000 there are 10,748 households out of which 49.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% are married couples living together, 14.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 18.7% are non-families. 15.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 2.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.96 and the average family size is 3.30.
In the city the population is spread out with 32.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 4.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $60,136, and the median income for a family is $63,416. Males have a median income of $41,360 versus $32,207 for females. The per capita income for the city is $23,389. 5.5% of the population and 4.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 7.7% of those under the age of 18 and 6.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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