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People QuickFacts | Sterling County | Texas
Population, 2012 estimate | 1,191 | 26,059,203
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 1,143 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.2% | 3.6%
Population, 2010 | 1,143 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.0% | 7.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.9% | 27.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.5% | 10.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.3% | 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.1% | 80.9%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.7% | 12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.6% | 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 32.9% | 38.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 62.9% | 44.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.2% | 82.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.2% | 16.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 31.8% | 34.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 72.0% | 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 26.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 46 | 1,618,413
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.2 | 24.8
Housing units, 2011 | 608 | 10,098,750
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.7% | 64.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.8% | 24.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $63,500 | $126,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 424 | 8,667,807
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.79 | 2.79
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,500 | $25,548
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $41,944 | $50,920
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.7% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Sterling County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 27 | 522,146
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 219 | 8,785,238
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 34.4 | 9.5
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 150 | 1,934,472
Total number of firms, 2007 | 186 | 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | D | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2011 | 0 | 97,450
Geography QuickFacts | Sterling County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 923.45 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1.2 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 431 | 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts