People QuickFacts	Pecos County	Texas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	15,619	26,059,203
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,507	25,145,561
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.7%	3.6%
 	Population, 2010    	15,507	25,145,561
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.8%	7.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.9%	27.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	12.1%	10.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	43.7%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	93.2%	80.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	4.0%	12.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.1%	1.0%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.8%	4.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	0.8%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	67.5%	38.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	27.6%	44.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.1%	82.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	16.0%	16.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	52.5%	34.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	65.1%	80.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	11.9%	26.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	947	1,618,413
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.9	24.8 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	5,475	10,098,750
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	68.7%	64.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.8%	24.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$54,700	$126,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,774	8,667,807
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.69	2.79
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,867	$25,548
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$40,925	$50,920
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.0%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Pecos County	Texas
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	329	522,146
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,957	8,785,238
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	33.3	9.5
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	845	1,934,472 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,211	2,164,852
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	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    	15.0%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	593,541,502
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	117,045	424,238,194
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	153,994	311,334,781
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,730	$13,061
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	24,316	42,054,592
 	Building permits, 2011     	6	97,450

   	Geography QuickFacts	Pecos County	Texas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4,763.85	261,231.71
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3.3	96.3
 	FIPS Code    	371	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