People QuickFacts Sulphur Springs Texas Population, 2012 estimate 15,578 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 15,450 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.8% 3.6% Population, 2010 15,449 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.0% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 26.0% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.5% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.1% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 75.1% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 12.7% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.8% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 15.9% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 68.4% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.2% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.9% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.9% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 77.4% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.8% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,003 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.1 24.8  Housing units, 2010 6,654 9,977,436 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 60.1% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 21.9% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $93,000 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 6,049 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.42 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,160 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $38,480 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 21.6% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Sulphur Springs Texas Total number of firms, 2007 2,091 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.8% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 886,731 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 637,707 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 424,771 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $27,366 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 28,245 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Sulphur Springs Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 20.22 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 764.1 96.3 FIPS Code 70904 48 Counties Hopkins 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