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People QuickFacts | Big Spring | Texas
Population, 2011 estimate | 27,364 | 25,631,778
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,282 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.3% | 1.9%
Population, 2010 | 27,282 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.7% | 7.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.3% | 27.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.8% | 10.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 42.0% | 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 69.7% | 70.4%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 7.8% | 11.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.3% | 2.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 43.1% | 37.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 46.7% | 45.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 75.1% | 82.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.8% | 16.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 34.2% | 34.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 69.5% | 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 10.3% | 26.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,114 | 1,618,413
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 15.3 | 24.8
Housing units, 2010 | 9,640 | 9,977,436
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 60.7% | 64.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.8% | 24.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $58,800 | $126,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 7,962 | 8,667,807
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.64 | 2.79
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $15,861 | $25,548
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,666 | $50,920
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.7% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Big Spring | Texas
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,708 | 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.0% | 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.7% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 48,342 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 320,401 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,382 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 42,054,592
Geography QuickFacts | Big Spring | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 19.1 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,428.4 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 8236 | 48
Counties | [NAME]
(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