People QuickFacts Bosque County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 18,125 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 18,212 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.5% 3.6% Population, 2010 18,212 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.4% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.3% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 21.6% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.6% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.3% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.1% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 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) 16.5% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 79.8% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.5% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.8% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.0% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.8% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.5% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,057 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.5 24.8  Housing units, 2011 9,712 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.3% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.5% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $87,200 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 6,833 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.57 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,383 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,744 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.2% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Bosque County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 301 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,636 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -0.2 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,358 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 1,746 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned 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 S 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 28,383 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 106,512 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $5,989 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,331 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 3 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Bosque County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 982.98 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 18.5 96.3 FIPS Code 035 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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