People QuickFacts Bastrop County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 74,763 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 74,169 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.8% 3.6% Population, 2010 74,171 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.6% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.9% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.9% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 87.2% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.1% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.7% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 33.2% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 56.8% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.2% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 10.2% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 24.8% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.1% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.8% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,318 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 33.6 24.8  Housing units, 2011 29,895 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 78.5% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 5.2% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $119,800 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 25,522 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.79 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,584 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,882 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 14.2% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Bastrop County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,010 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 10,931 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 50.9 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,398 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 5,912 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 13.2% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 238,609 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 51,614 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 684,655 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,485 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 115,125 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 80 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Bastrop County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 888.15 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 83.5 96.3 FIPS Code 021 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, 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