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People QuickFacts | Wharton County | Texas
Population, 2013 estimate | 41,216 | 26,448,193
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 41,280 | 25,145,561
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.2% | 5.2%
Population, 2010 | 41,280 | 25,145,561
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.8% | 7.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 26.2% | 26.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 15.4% | 11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.8% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 83.4% | 80.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 14.4% | 12.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.7% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.6% | 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 0.9% | 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 39.0% | 38.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 46.2% | 44.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 88.8% | 82.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 9.3% | 16.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 27.6% | 34.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 73.6% | 80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 15.6% | 26.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,284 | 1,611,660
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 23.5 | 24.9
Housing units, 2013 | 17,182 | 10,255,642
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 69.2% | 63.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 12.8% | 24.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $87,900 | $128,000
Households, 2008-2012 | 14,638 | 8,782,598
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.77 | 2.8
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,353 | $25,809
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $40,988 | $51,563
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.5% | 17.4%
Business QuickFacts | Wharton County | Texas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 950 | 537,839
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 11,807 | 9,350,829
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 5.5% | 4.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 3,078 | 2,014,124
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,574 | 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 | 30.1% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 463,995 | 593,541,502
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 541,129 | 424,238,194
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 466,705 | 311,334,781
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,439 | $13,061
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 45,912 | 42,054,592
Building permits, 2012 | 15 | 135,514
Geography QuickFacts | Wharton County | Texas
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,086.15 | 261,231.71
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 38 | 96.3
FIPS Code | 481 | 48
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | El Campo, TX Micro 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