People QuickFacts La Marque Texas Population, 2011 estimate 14,732 25,631,778 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 14,509 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.5% 1.9% Population, 2010 14,509 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.3% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.2% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.8% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.9% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 52.5% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 36.7% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.4% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 22.5% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 38.7% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.5% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.5% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 15.9% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.5% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.0% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,410 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.3 24.8  Housing units, 2010 6,232 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.3% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.5% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $86,900 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 5,462 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.66 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,123 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,745 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.7% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts La Marque Texas Total number of firms, 2007 989 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.0% 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 31.2% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 82,750 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 168,991 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,136 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 19,774 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts La Marque Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 13.91 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,042.8 96.3 FIPS Code 41116 48 Counties Galveston 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