People QuickFacts Garland Texas Population, 2011 estimate 231,517 25,674,681 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 226,876 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 2.0% 2.1% Population, 2010 226,876 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.6% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 28.5% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.2% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.0% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 57.5% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 14.5% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 9.4% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.3% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 37.8% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 36.7% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 82.8% 81.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 27.4% 16.1% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 43.7% 34.2% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 75.6% 80.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 21.7% 25.8% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 27.8 24.8  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 65.5% 64.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 23.8% 24.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $118,700 $123,500 Households, 2006-2010 72,512 8,539,206 Persons per household, 2006-2010 3.07 2.78 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $22,071 $24,870 Median household income 2006-2010 $52,389 $49,646 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 13.4% 16.8%     Business QuickFacts Garland Texas Total number of firms, 2007 19,734 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.7% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.9% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.1% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.5% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 4,338,493 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,470,514 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,320,031 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,679 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 227,937 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Garland Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 57.09 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,974.4 96.3 FIPS Code 29000 48 Counties Collin County Dallas 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