People QuickFacts Brazos County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 200,665 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 194,851 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.0% 3.6% Population, 2010 194,851 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.4% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.1% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 7.4% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.3% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 81.1% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 11.1% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.3% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.7% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 23.9% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 58.8% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 66.2% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 12.7% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 21.5% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.8% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 39.0% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 8,404 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.9 24.8  Housing units, 2011 79,068 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 46.3% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 38.4% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $145,900 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 67,612 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 $21,292 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,161 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 29.7% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Brazos County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 3,747 525,420 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 54,027 8,987,663 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.2% 2.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 10,995 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 13,887 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.8% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 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 9.7% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 979,406 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 779,612 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,119,149 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,425 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 340,272 42,054,592 Building permits, 2012 1,963 135,514     Geography QuickFacts Brazos County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 585.45 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 332.8 96.3 FIPS Code 041 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area College Station-Bryan, 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