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People QuickFacts | Galveston County | Texas
Population, 2013 estimate | 306,782 | 26,448,193
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 291,307 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 5.3% | 5.2%
Population, 2010 | 291,309 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.5% | 7.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.8% | 26.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 12.4% | 11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.5% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 80.2% | 80.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 13.7% | 12.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 3.3% | 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.9% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 23.5% | 38.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 58.3% | 44.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 82.5% | 82.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 9.7% | 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 | 87.1% | 81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 28.5% | 26.7%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 21,663 | 1,583,272
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 26.7 | 25
Housing units, 2013 | 137,392 | 10,255,642
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 68.7% | 63.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 21.5% | 24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $148,600 | $128,900
Households, 2009-2013 | 110,032 | 8,886,471
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.65 | 2.82
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $30,926 | $26,019
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $61,877 | $51,900
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 13.3% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Galveston County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 5,299 | 537,839
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 79,356 | 9,350,829
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 0.7% | 4.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 21,111 | 2,014,124
Total number of firms, 2007 | 22,869 | 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.6% | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.9% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.3% | 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.0% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 23,480,817 | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,761,558 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,750,294 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,700 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 590,991 | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2012 | 1,967 | 135,514
Geography QuickFacts | Galveston County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 378.36 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 769.9 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 167 | 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, 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