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People QuickFacts | Galveston | Texas
Population, 2012 estimate | 47,762 | 26,060,796
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 47,743 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 3.6%
Population, 2010 | 47,743 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.9% | 7.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 19.3% | 27.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.6% | 10.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 48.9% | 50.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 62.5% | 70.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 19.2% | 11.8%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.2% | 3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.3% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 31.3% | 37.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 45.0% | 45.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 72.1% | 82.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.8% | 16.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 27.4% | 34.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 79.9% | 80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 27.3% | 26.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 3,483 | 1,611,660
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 19 | 24.9
Housing units, 2010 | 32,368 | 9,977,436
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 47.9% | 63.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 40.4% | 24.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $135,300 | $128,000
Households, 2008-2012 | 20,405 | 8,782,598
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.24 | 2.8
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,502 | $25,809
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $37,770 | $51,563
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 22.5% | 17.4%
Business QuickFacts | Galveston | Texas
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,071 | 2,164,852
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 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 | 31.2% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,084,692 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 558,357 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,808 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 275,931 | 42,054,592
Geography QuickFacts | Galveston | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 41.22 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,158.2 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 28068 | 48
Counties | Galveston County
(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