People QuickFacts Texas USA Population, 2011 estimate 25,674,681 311,591,917 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 25,145,561 308,745,538 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 2.1% 0.9% Population, 2010 25,145,561 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.6% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 27.1% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.5% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.4% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 80.9% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 12.2% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.0% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.7% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 38.1% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 44.8% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 81.5% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 16.1% 12.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 34.2% 20.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 80.0% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 25.8% 27.9% Veterans, 2006-2010 1,635,367 22,652,496 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 24.8 25.2  Housing units, 2011 10,098,750 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 64.8% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 24.1% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $123,500 $188,400 Households, 2006-2010 8,539,206 114,235,996 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.78 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $24,870 $27,334 Median household income 2006-2010 $49,646 $51,914 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 16.8% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts Texas USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 522,146 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 8,785,238 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 9.5 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,934,472 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 2,164,852 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.1% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.3% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.7% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.2% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 593,541,502 5,338,306,501 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 424,238,194 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 311,334,781 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,061 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 42,054,592 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 97,450 624,061     Geography QuickFacts Texas USA Land area in square miles, 2010 261,231.71 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 96.3 87.4 FIPS Code 48 (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