People QuickFacts Center Texas Population, 2012 estimate 5,287 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,170 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.3% 3.6% Population, 2010 5,193 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.5% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.9% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.2% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.1% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 45.8% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 33.1% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.0% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.7% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 26.1% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 39.1% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.0% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 19.5% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 31.2% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 63.4% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 9.9% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 222 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.6 24.8  Housing units, 2010 2,133 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 56.1% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 11.5% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $61,200 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 1,789 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.69 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $15,941 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $26,549 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 38.3% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Center Texas Total number of firms, 2007 1,215 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 F 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 377,537 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 94,326 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 194,370 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $34,046 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Center Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 6.48 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 800.9 96.3 FIPS Code 13732 48 Counties Shelby 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