People QuickFacts Dallas Texas Population, 2012 estimate 1,241,162 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,197,833 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.6% 3.6% Population, 2010 1,197,816 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.6% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 26.5% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.8% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.0% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 50.7% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 25.0% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.9% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.6% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 42.4% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 28.8% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.8% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 24.6% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 42.1% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 73.3% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 28.8% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 50,703 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.1 24.8  Housing units, 2010 516,639 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 45.2% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 49.5% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $129,600 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 452,487 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.60 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,251 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,259 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.0% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Dallas Texas Total number of firms, 2007 121,288 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.5% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.9% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.0% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.5% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 21,239,920 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 19,169,362 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 16,256,495 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,837 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,378,598 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Dallas Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 340.52 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,517.6 96.3 FIPS Code 19000 48 Counties Collin County Dallas County Denton County Kaufman County Rockwall 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