People QuickFacts Bandera County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 20,537 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 20,485 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.3% 3.6% Population, 2010 20,485 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.3% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.8% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 21.1% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.3% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.6% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.3% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 17.0% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 80.3% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 92.9% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.6% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.5% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.4% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.7% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,156 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 33.9 24.8  Housing units, 2011 11,768 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 79.3% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 0.8% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $139,200 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 8,377 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.41 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,666 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,595 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.4% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Bandera County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 360 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,010 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 21.0 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,059 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 2,093 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,386 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 76,525 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $3,766 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 23,207 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 1 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Bandera County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 790.96 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 25.9 96.3 FIPS Code 019 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 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