People QuickFacts Hunt County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 87,079 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 86,129 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.1% 3.6% Population, 2010 86,129 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.5% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.8% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.1% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.4% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 86.8% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.7% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 14.5% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 73.8% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.6% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.4% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.0% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.6% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.3% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,852 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 29.0 24.8  Housing units, 2011 37,134 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 71.5% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.1% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $92,900 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 30,624 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.70 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,356 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,253 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.3% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Hunt County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 1,371 525,420 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 21,323 8,987,663 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -1.6% 2.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,844 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 6,300 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.8% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 30.3% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 3,134,435 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 263,413 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 931,267 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,302 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 42,054,592 Building permits, 2012 26 135,514     Geography QuickFacts Hunt County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 840.32 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 102.5 96.3 FIPS Code 231 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