People QuickFacts Denton County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 707,304 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 662,604 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 6.7% 3.6% Population, 2010 662,614 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.3% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 27.3% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 7.4% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 81.0% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.9% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.8% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.3% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 18.7% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 63.7% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.5% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 13.8% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 21.3% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.4% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 40.0% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 39,581 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.3 24.8  Housing units, 2011 264,071 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 66.2% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 26.8% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $180,400 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 231,355 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 $33,252 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $72,305 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.9% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Denton County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 11,449 525,420 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 166,739 8,987,663 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 6.9% 2.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 53,155 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 58,767 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.3% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.2% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.6% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.1% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 4,008,259 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 12,358,953 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,668,326 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,465 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 797,850 42,054,592 Building permits, 2012 3,475 135,514     Geography QuickFacts Denton County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 878.43 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 754.3 96.3 FIPS Code 121 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