Yoakum is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,677 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Yoakum is the 317th largest community in Texas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Yoakum is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.5% of the Yoakum workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Yoakum is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yoakum who work in sales jobs (9.67%), office and administrative support jobs (9.32%), and management occupations (5.80%).

Yoakum is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Yoakum Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Yoakum is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.57% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Yoakum in 2000 was $14,835, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $59,340 for a family of four.

Yoakum is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yoakum home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Yoakum is White, followed by African-American. Yoakum also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.19% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Yoakum include German, Czech, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Yoakum is English. Some people also speak Spanish.