People QuickFacts Hidalgo County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 806,552 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 774,769 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.1% 3.6% Population, 2010 774,769 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 9.7% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 34.4% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.5% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.2% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.2% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.4% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 90.7% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 7.7% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.1% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 29.6% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 85.0% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 60.3% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.3% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 23,849 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.3 24.8  Housing units, 2011 250,235 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.1% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.9% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $75,500 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 209,796 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.58 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $13,821 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $32,479 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 35.3% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Hidalgo County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 11,206 525,420 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 169,833 8,987,663 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.6% 2.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 65,939 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 65,497 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.1% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.8% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 68.8% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,503,200 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,301,122 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,898,809 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,254 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 757,984 42,054,592 Building permits, 2012 3,492 135,514     Geography QuickFacts Hidalgo County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 1,570.87 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 493.2 96.3 FIPS Code 215 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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