People QuickFacts Anderson County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 58,190 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 58,458 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.5% 3.6% Population, 2010 58,458 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.4% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.6% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.8% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 39.2% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 75.4% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 21.7% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 16.4% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 60.7% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.7% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.2% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.3% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 78.7% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 11.5% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,014 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.6 24.8  Housing units, 2011 20,201 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 71.6% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.8% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $82,900 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 15,992 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.03 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,487 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,577 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.8% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Anderson County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 924 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 11,296 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 7.2 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,954 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 3,358 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 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 S 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 365,343 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 495,496 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $8,731 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 48,576 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 13 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Anderson County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 1,062.60 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 55.0 96.3 FIPS Code 001 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Palestine, 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