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People QuickFacts | Austin County | Texas
Population, 2012 estimate | 28,618 | 26,059,203
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 28,425 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.7% | 3.6%
Population, 2010 | 28,417 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 7.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.3% | 26.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.8% | 10.9%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.3% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 87.7% | 80.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 9.6% | 12.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 24.8% | 38.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 64.4% | 44.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.8% | 82.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.8% | 16.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 18.7% | 34.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.7% | 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.4% | 26.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,132 | 1,618,413
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.3 | 24.8
Housing units, 2011 | 13,233 | 10,098,750
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.6% | 64.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.7% | 24.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $152,600 | $126,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,502 | 8,667,807
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.66 | 2.79
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,055 | $25,548
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $52,510 | $50,920
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.3% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Austin County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 572 | 525,420
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 8,536 | 8,987,663
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -9.6% | 2.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 2,616 | 1,975,620
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,683 | 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 | S | 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.0% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 234,178 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,785 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 24,961 | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2012 | 21 | 135,514
Geography QuickFacts | Austin County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 646.51 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 44 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 15 | 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro 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