People QuickFacts	Bedford	Texas
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	48,043	25,631,778
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	46,979	25,145,561
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.3%	1.9%
 	Population, 2010    	46,979	25,145,561
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.3%	7.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	19.8%	27.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.8%	10.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.5%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	81.1%	70.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	7.0%	11.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.4%	3.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.8%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	12.5%	37.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	73.5%	45.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	79.8%	82.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	9.8%	16.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	14.4%	34.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	94.0%	80.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	34.5%	26.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,956	1,618,413
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.2	24.8 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	22,301	9,977,436
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	55.2%	64.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	40.2%	24.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$156,000	$126,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	20,501	8,667,807
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.28	2.79
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$34,926	$25,548
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$61,584	$50,920
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.2%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bedford	Texas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,509	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    	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)    	NA	593,541,502
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	470,635	424,238,194
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	618,779	311,334,781
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,693	$13,061
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	102,305	42,054,592

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bedford	Texas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	10.01	261,231.71
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	4,692.3	96.3
 	FIPS Code    	07132	48
 	Counties    	Tarrant County
 	

(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