People QuickFacts Madison County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 13,677 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 13,667 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% 3.6% Population, 2010 13,664 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.8% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.6% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.2% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 42.4% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 76.4% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 20.5% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 20.6% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 57.6% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.5% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.4% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 19.3% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 76.2% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.4% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 765 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.4 24.8  Housing units, 2011 5,111 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.4% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.3% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $82,700 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 3,604 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.97 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $14,915 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,437 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 22.7% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Madison County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 207 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,023 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 7.9 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 962 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 S 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,907 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 178,851 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,503 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 13,114 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 16 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Madison County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 466.07 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 29.3 96.3 FIPS Code 313 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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