People QuickFacts Wise County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 60,432 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 59,127 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.2% 3.6% Population, 2010 59,127 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.7% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.9% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.7% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.6% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.4% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.5% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 17.9% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 78.5% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.4% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.1% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.6% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.2% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.6% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,118 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 30.9 24.8  Housing units, 2011 24,167 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 81.4% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 5.2% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $120,700 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 19,995 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.89 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,180 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $57,511 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.0% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Wise County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 1,205 525,420 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 16,345 8,987,663 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 5.8% 2.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 4,777 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 6,538 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 2.4% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.1% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.4% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 376,535 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 418,384 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 565,279 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,819 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 59,273 42,054,592 Building permits, 2012 33 135,514     Geography QuickFacts Wise County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 904.42 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 65.4 96.3 FIPS Code 497 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