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Official name | City of Odessa |
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Settlement type | City |
Nickname | City of Contrasts, OD |
Map caption | Location within the state of Texas |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision type1 | State |
Subdivision type2 | Counties |
Subdivision name | United States |
Subdivision name1 | Texas |
Subdivision name2 | Ector, Midland |
Government type | Council-Manager |
Leader title | City Council |
Leader name | Mayor Larry Melton Bill Cleaver James B. Goates Royce Bodiford Dean Combs Benjamin Velasquez |
Leader title1 | City Manager |
Leader name1 | Richard Morton |
Area magnitude | 1 E9 |
Area total km2 | 95.5 |
Area land km2 | 95.3 |
Area water km2 | 0.2 |
Unit pref | Imperial |
Area total sq mi | 36.9 |
Area land sq mi | 36.8 |
Area water sq mi | 0.1 |
Elevation m | 884 |
Elevation ft | 2900 |
Coordinates display | inline,title |
Coordinates type | region:US_type:city |
Population as of | 2000 |
Population total | 90943 |
Population density km2 | 954.3 |
Timezone | CST |
Utc offset | -6 |
Timezone dst | CDT |
Utc offset dst | -5 |
Website | www.odessa-tx.gov |
Area code | 432 |
Blank name | FIPS code |
Blank info | 48-53388 |
Blank1 name | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 info | 1343067 |
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 96,943 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population of Odessa was 100,807. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Ector County. The metropolitan area is also a component of the larger Midland–Odessa, Texas Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 261,435 as of July 1, 2008. estimate.
With the opening of the Penn Field in 1929, and the Cowden Field in 1930, oil became a major draw for new residents. In 1925 the population was just 750, by 1929 it had risen to 5,000. Due to increased demand for oil during the second world war the city's population had expanded to 10,000. In February 2009, additional funding allowed the doors to reopen to the Presidential Museum, with negotiations pending for the University of Texas of the Permian Basin to take control of the museum.
The White-Pool House east of downtown is the oldest surviving structure in Odessa. It was built in 1887 and opened as an historic house museum in 1984.
Texon Santa Fe Depot has recently been relocated to West Odessa and serves as a museum in honor of the old west and the railroads.
The Parker House Museum is Odessa's newest addition to the historical records of Odessa. In 1935, the Parker family moved into this modest house located on . It represents the lifestyle of a prominent ranching family, who served the communities of Andrews and Ector counties since 1907
Odessa Meteor Crater, an impact crater with in diameter, is located southwest of the city.
Odessa has a Stonehenge replica on the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Completed in 2004, the replica is horizontally equal to the Stonehenge in England but only 70 percent of the vertical height of the original.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 95.5 km² (36.9 sq mi). 36.8 square miles (95.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.19%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 90,943 people, 33,661 households, and 23,697 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,471.4 people per square mile (954.2/km²). There were 37,966 housing units at an average density of 1,031.7/sq mi (398.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 48.42% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 44.43% White, 6.88% African American, 0.88% Asian, 0.77% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 16.07% from other races, and 2.93% of the population were from two or more races.
There were 33,661 households out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. Of these 18% were alternative lifestyle households, including a small transgender community. Odessa had the highest per capita rate of non-traditional households in Texas for all municipalities with more than 50,000 residents. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.21.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $24,000 and the median income for a family was $27,869. Males had a median income of $50,000 versus $19,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,096. About 16.0% of families and 18.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.9% of those under age 18 and 000.1% of those age 65 or over.
The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:
The Ector County Career Center is an alternative to the two high schools in the city and is affiliated with ECISD. It pulls an equal number of students from the two high school campuses and does so through an application basis for those interested in attending. Students attending The Career Center are classified as students at either Odessa High or Permian High and graduate with them.
Richard Milburn Academy, a private high school, was founded in 2003 and is free to the public although not affiliated with ECISD.
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin began in 1973. UTPB was an upper level and graduate university until the Texas Legislature passed a bill in spring 1991 to allow the university to accept freshmen and sophomores. The Institute provides seminars, training and research on public leadership all over Texas, and offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Leadership Studies. The Institute is also well-regarded for its Shepperd Distinguished Lecture Series, which has brought a variety of internationally-recognized individuals, such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Robert McNamara, Ralph Nader, William F. Buckley, Jr., and most recently Malcolm Gladwell to discuss salient political and social topics. As of 2006, the university was holding discussions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about construction of a new High-Temperature Teaching and Test Reactor which, if successful, would finish licensing and construction around 2012. It would also be the first university based research reactor to be built in the US in roughly a decade and be one of the few HTGR type reactors in the world. In January 2006, UTPB's School of Business was awarded accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). AACSB is generally regarded as the premier accreditation agency for the world's business schools. According to the University, only 30 percent of business schools in the United States, and 15 percent of world business schools, have received AACSB accreditation.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin Campus opened as a School of Medicine in 1979, beginning in the basement of Medical Center Hospital. Since 1994, TTUHSC Permian Basin has included a School of Allied Health, offering a master's degree in physical therapy. Also, on the campus of Midland College, it offers a physician assistant program. Additionally, TTUHSC Permian Basin includes a School of Nursing focusing on primary care and rural health. In June 1999, the Texas Tech Health Center opened as a clinic providing increased access to primary and specialized health care for the Permian Basin. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin also operates 21 WIC clinics located in nearby small communities.
Odessa College is a public two-year college based in Odessa, Texas, USA serving the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin. It opened in 1952 and currently enrolls about 5,000 annually in its university-parallel and occupational/technical courses, and 11,000 students annually in its Basic Education, Continuing Education, and Community Recreation courses.
The Ector County Coliseum is host to the Permian Basin International Oil Show on every even numbered year.
Odessa has one regional enclosed mall (Music City Mall), which includes Dillards, JC Penney, Sears, Bealls, indoor ice skating rink, and television station. Additionally, more than 100 specialty retailers are located in the mall.
Midland International Airport is served by:
A reality series on the TV Guide Channel followed the reporters of the local CBS affiliate, KOSA-TV. The show was titled .
A portion of the Tommy Lee Jones film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was filmed in Odessa.
The truTV reality show Black Gold is based on three oil wells outside of Odessa, as well as some locations in Odessa, such as the local Hooters restaurant.
Odessa is mentioned in James A. Michener's Texas as a city where “[y]ou are more likely to be murdered ... than in any other city in the nation”.
Odessa is used as the hometown setting for Claire Bennett and her family in Season 1 of the NBC show Heroes.
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