People QuickFacts Goliad County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 7,351 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 7,210 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.0% 3.6% Population, 2010 7,210 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.3% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.5% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 19.6% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.1% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 92.1% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.4% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.0% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 35.1% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 58.9% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.3% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.1% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 20.4% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.2% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.4% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 639 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 31.0 24.8  Housing units, 2011 3,727 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 80.6% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.1% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $102,000 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 2,942 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.37 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,310 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $51,389 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.8% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Goliad County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 121 525,420 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 794 8,987,663 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.4% 2.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 520 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 548 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 S 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.2% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 37,331 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $5,332 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,895 42,054,592 Building permits, 2012 0 135,514     Geography QuickFacts Goliad County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 852.01 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 8.5 96.3 FIPS Code 175 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Victoria, 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