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People QuickFacts | Gaines County | Texas
Population, 2013 estimate | 18,921 | 26,448,193
Population, 2012 estimate | 18,393 | 26,060,796
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 17,526 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 8.0% | 5.2%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.9% | 3.6%
Population, 2010 | 17,526 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 10.1% | 7.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 34.4% | 26.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 9.4% | 10.9%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 49.3% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 95.2% | 80.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.1% | 12.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.0% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.2% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 38.5% | 38.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 58.6% | 44.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 82.5% | 82.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 21.9% | 16.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 49.1% | 34.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 59.0% | 80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 12.4% | 26.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 609 | 1,611,660
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 18.7 | 24.9
Housing units, 2012 | 6,320 | 10,154,230
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 78.3% | 63.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.9% | 24.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $83,100 | $128,000
Households, 2008-2012 | 5,402 | 8,782,598
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 3.23 | 2.8
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,360 | $25,809
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $50,850 | $51,563
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.0% | 17.4%
Business QuickFacts | Gaines County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 358 | 525,420
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 3,420 | 8,987,663
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 15.5% | 2.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,467 | 1,975,620
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,564 | 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 | S | 20.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 18.3% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 169,294 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 82,554 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,575 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,535 | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2012 | 19 | 135,514
Geography QuickFacts | Gaines County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | [NAME] | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 11.7 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 165 | 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