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People QuickFacts | Wheeler County | Texas
Population, 2013 estimate | 5,751 | 26,448,193
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,410 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 6.3% | 5.2%
Population, 2010 | 5,410 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.9% | 7.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 26.1% | 26.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 17.1% | 11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 49.4% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 93.4% | 80.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 2.9% | 12.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.4% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.6% | 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.7% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 26.6% | 38.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 68.5% | 44.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 83.5% | 82.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 11.2% | 16.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 19.3% | 34.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 80.5% | 81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 18.4% | 26.7%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 319 | 1,583,272
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 18.4 | 25
Housing units, 2013 | 2,709 | 10,255,642
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 72.5% | 63.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 2.2% | 24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $76,600 | $128,900
Households, 2009-2013 | 2,319 | 8,886,471
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.35 | 2.82
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $30,097 | $26,019
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $51,766 | $51,900
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 14.3% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Wheeler County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 202 | 537,839
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 2,531 | 9,350,829
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 51.0% | 4.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 515 | 2,014,124
Total number of firms, 2007 | 626 | 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) | 25,835 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 46,067 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,676 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,333 | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2012 | 0 | 135,514
Geography QuickFacts | Wheeler County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 914.52 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 5.9 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 483 | 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