People QuickFacts Pecos Texas Population, 2011 estimate 8,760 25,631,778 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,780 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.2% 1.9% Population, 2010 8,780 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.7% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 29.9% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.6% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.0% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 77.5% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.9% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.0% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.9% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 83.2% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 13.8% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.9% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.1% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 74.8% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 56.9% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 6.3% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 422 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.1 24.8  Housing units, 2010 3,542 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 74.4% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 10.6% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $37,700 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 2,439 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.51 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $15,913 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,261 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 31.0% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Pecos Texas Total number of firms, 2007 425 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 51.1% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.4% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 104,490 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,347 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,818 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Pecos Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 7.31 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,201.6 96.3 FIPS Code 56516 48 Counties Reeves 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