People QuickFacts Prairie View Texas Population, 2011 estimate 5,624 25,631,778 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,576 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.9% 1.9% Population, 2010 5,576 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 2.1% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 7.3% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 4.6% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 55.3% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.9% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 88.6% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.2% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 7.7% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 2.6% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 73.2% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 12.2% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.0% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.5% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 35.9% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 170 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.4 24.8  Housing units, 2010 1,128 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 29.9% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 40.4% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $109,100 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 1,494 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.94 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $12,991 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $27,061 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 40.3% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Prairie View Texas Total number of firms, 2007 F 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 F 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) NA 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) NA 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) NA 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Prairie View Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 7.21 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 773.0 96.3 FIPS Code 59336 48 Counties Waller 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