Amarillo is considered the regional economical center for the Texas Panhandle as well as eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the industry with the largest contribution to personal income in the city was the services industry with 23.52 percent in 2000. The government industry contributed 16.37 percent while retail trade category contributed 10.16 percent. The city's largest employer in 2005 is Tyson Foods with 3,700 employees. The Amarillo Independent School District is next ...

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Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is located in Amarillo, and was named after the Amarillo native Rick Husband, who died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The airport is serving by Southwest Airlines, Continental Express, Great Lakes Aviation, and American Eagle, with non stop service to Dallas (Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport), Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airp ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 173,627 people, 67,699 households, and 45,764 families residing in the city. The population density is 746.0/km² (1,932.1/mi²). There are 72,408 housing units at an average density of 311.1/km² (805.8/mi²). Given Amarillo's growth rate, however, the numbers have increased, and the city's population is approximately 180,791 according to a July 1, 2004 estimate. The racial makeup of the city is 77.50% White, 5.97% African American, 0.78% Native American, 2.05% Asian ...

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Amarillo is the home of The Big Texan Steak Ranch, which was made famous by offering visitors a free 72 ounce (2 kg) beef steak if they eat it in under an hour. Palo Duro Canyon State Park is America's second largest canyon, after the Grand Canyon. The canyon is located south of Amarillo. In Palo Duro Canyon, an outdoor musical called Texas Legacies plays nightly during the summer. West of Amarillo and just south of Interstate 40, the Cadillac Ranch is a monument of painted Cadillac automobiles that were dug into the groun ...

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Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is located in Amarillo, and was named after the Amarillo native Rick Husband, who died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The airport is served by Southwest Airlines, Continental Express, Great Lakes Aviation, and American Eagle, with non stop service to Dallas (Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International), Houston (Intercontinental), Albuquerque, Denver, and Las Vegas. Major highways Interstate 27 Interstate 40 U.S. Highway 60

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 173,627 people, 67,699 households, and 45,764 families residing in the city. The population density is 746.0/km² (1,932.1/mi²). There are 72,408 housing units at an average density of 311.1/km² (805.8/mi²). Given Amarillo's growth rate, however, the numbers have increased, and the MSA population is now well over 225,000. The racial makeup of the city is 77.50% White, 5.97% African American, 0.78% Native American, 2.05% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 11.32% from other races, and 2.34% from two or more races. 21.86% of the ...

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Amarillo is located at 35°11'57" North, 101°50'43" West (35.199252, -101.845163)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 233.9 km² (90.3 mi²). 232.7 km² (89.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.2 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.50% water. ...

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Amarillo Texas - Colleges and universities. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 20.5 percent of all adults over the age of 25 in Amarillo have obtained a bachelor's degree, as compared to a national average of 24.4 percent of adults over 25. Amarillo has 2 higher education institutions. Amarillo College is a two-year fully-accredited community college with over 10,000 students. Wayland Baptist University, a private university which is based in Plainview, has a branch campus in Amarillo but only offers ...

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Amarillo's primary newspaper is the Amarillo Globe-News. See also: List of television stations in Amarillo Amarillo Texas - Amarillo featured in entertainment. Cast Away - Tom Hanks' character was near the Amarillo part of I-40. George Strait - Had a country hit called "Amarillo By Morning." The Grapes of Wrath - The Joad Family passed Amarillo during their trip. "(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66" - popular jazz song written by Bo ...

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Tarzan - comic strips. Tarzan of the Apes was the first novel to be adapted in newspaper strip form, in early 1929, with illustrations by Hal Foster. A full page Sunday strip began March 15, 1931 by Rex Maxon. Over the years, many artists have drawn the Tarzan comic strip, notably Burne Hogarth and Russ Manning. The daily strip began to reprint old dailies after the last Russ Manning daily #10,308 29 July 1972. The Sunday strip also turned to reprints circa 2000. Both strips continue as reprints today, in a few newspapers and in Comics Revue magazine.

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Tarzan - by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes (1912) The Return of Tarzan (1913) The Beasts of Tarzan (1914) The Son of Tarzan (1915) Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916) Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1916,1917) Tarzan the Untamed (1919,1921) Tarzan the Terrible (1921) Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922,1923) Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924) Tarzan, L ...

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The city is home to the indoor minor league football team called the Amarillo Dusters, which play in the AF2. There is also the Amarillo Gorillas which is part of the Central Hockey League. Amarillo, formerly home of the AA Amarillo Gold Sox and the independent Amarillo Dillas, is now without a profesional baseball team. West Texas A&M features a full slate of NCAA Division II teams; however, Amarillo College is one of the few community ...

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A number of actors have played Tarzan over the years, with the most famous and longest-lasting being Johnny Weissmuller, a Danube Swabian born in Austro-Hungary (in a town now in Romania), who came with his parents to the United States. Due to complex licensing issues relating to Tarzan, several Tarzan movie series actually overlapped. For example, Buster Crabbe, Herman Brix and Glenn Morris all made Tarzan films concurrently with the 1932-1948 Weismuller series. Mike Henry played Tarzan in several theatrical releases that came out concurrently with Ron Ely's TV series. (Henry had been app ...

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