People QuickFacts Parker County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 119,712 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 116,927 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.4% 3.6% Population, 2010 116,927 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.9% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.7% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.4% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.7% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.1% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 11.2% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 84.3% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.5% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.1% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.4% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.6% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 23.1% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 11,233 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 30.4 24.8  Housing units, 2011 48,241 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 79.4% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.0% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $150,000 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 41,579 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.68 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,972 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $63,725 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.9% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Parker County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,195 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 22,513 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 43.8 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 10,589 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 12,395 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 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.5% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.0% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 550,365 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 524,204 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,517,829 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,971 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 110,365 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 282 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Parker County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 903.48 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 129.4 96.3 FIPS Code 367 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