People QuickFacts Dallas County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 2,453,843 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 2,368,139 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.6% 3.6% Population, 2010 2,368,139 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.2% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 27.6% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 8.9% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.5% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 69.3% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 22.5% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 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 1.6% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 38.9% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 32.8% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.8% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 23.0% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 39.5% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 76.7% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 28.1% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 109,883 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.7 24.8  Housing units, 2011 943,980 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 54.2% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 38.5% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $129,300 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 840,663 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.75 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,617 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $48,942 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.3% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Dallas County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 61,034 525,420 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 1,239,445 8,987,663 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.7% 2.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 198,142 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 228,604 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.6% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.9% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.3% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.1% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 39,047,030 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 58,165,146 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 33,177,208 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,929 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,705,137 42,054,592 Building permits, 2012 11,925 135,514     Geography QuickFacts Dallas County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 871.28 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,718.0 96.3 FIPS Code 113 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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