People QuickFacts	Hempstead	Texas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	6,091	26,059,203
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	5,773	25,145,561
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	5.5%	3.6%
 	Population, 2010    	5,770	25,145,561
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	10.3%	7.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	30.6%	27.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.2%	10.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.3%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	36.8%	70.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	38.9%	11.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.4%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	3.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.2%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	37.4%	37.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	22.5%	45.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.5%	82.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	14.7%	16.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	23.7%	34.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	68.6%	80.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	19.3%	26.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	200	1,618,413
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	27.6	24.8 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	2,220	9,977,436
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	54.6%	64.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	20.1%	24.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$83,500	$126,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	1,930	8,667,807
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.86	2.79
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$16,153	$25,548
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$35,541	$50,920
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.2%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Hempstead	Texas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,033	2,164,852
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.5%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	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    	27.4%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	593,541,502
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	424,238,194
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	354,876	311,334,781
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$49,467	$13,061
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	7,655	42,054,592

   	Geography QuickFacts	Hempstead	Texas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	5.54	261,231.71
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,040.8	96.3
 	FIPS Code    	33200	48
 	Counties    	Waller 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