People QuickFacts	Paris	Texas
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	25,314	25,674,681
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	25,171	25,145,561
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	2.1%
 	Population, 2010    	25,171	25,145,561
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.3%	7.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	25.0%	27.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.6%	10.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.4%	50.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	67.4%	70.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	23.4%	11.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.5%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	3.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.3%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	8.2%	37.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	63.8%	45.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	78.9%	81.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	3.3%	16.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	6.6%	34.2%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	81.8%	80.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	17.0%	25.8%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	15.3	24.8 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	56.9%	64.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	21.2%	24.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$73,000	$123,500
 	Households, 2006-2010    	10,114	8,539,206
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.46	2.78
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$18,062	$24,870
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$30,894	$49,646
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	24.1%	16.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Paris	Texas
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,338	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    	S	20.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.8%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	2,232,154	593,541,502
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	115,224	424,238,194
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	596,369	311,334,781
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$23,075	$13,061
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	56,532	42,054,592

   	Geography QuickFacts	Paris	Texas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	36.50	261,231.71
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	689.6	96.3
 	FIPS Code    	55080	48
 	Counties    	Lamar 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