People QuickFacts Mission Texas Population, 2012 estimate 80,452 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 77,358 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.0% 3.6% Population, 2010 77,058 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.9% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 33.5% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.4% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.9% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 88.6% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.4% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 85.4% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 12.3% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.3% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 25.5% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 81.5% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 70.3% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.2% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,583 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.3 24.8  Housing units, 2010 27,291 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.9% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.6% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $93,200 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 21,545 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.45 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,225 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,339 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.1% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Mission Texas Total number of firms, 2007 11,524 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 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 72.0% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.7% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 117,772 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 140,026 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 845,771 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,060 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 80,775 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Mission Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 33.99 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,266.9 96.3 FIPS Code 48768 48 Counties Hidalgo 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