| | People QuickFacts | Bowie | Texas |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 5,215 | 25,631,778 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,218 | 25,145,561 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.1% | 1.9% |
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Population, 2010 | 5,218 | 25,145,561 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.1% | 7.7% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.4% | 27.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 19.5% | 10.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.6% | 50.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 91.9% | 70.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 11.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.0% | 0.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 3.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.0% | 2.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 11.6% | 37.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 85.9% | 45.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 71.4% | 82.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.7% | 16.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.1% | 34.4% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 77.2% | 80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 17.3% | 26.1% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 543 | 1,618,413 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.2 | 24.8 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 2,489 | 9,977,436 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 65.0% | 64.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.6% | 24.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $84,200 | $126,400 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 2,194 | 8,667,807 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.35 | 2.79 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,063 | $25,548 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $33,846 | $50,920 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.9% | 17.0% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Bowie | Texas |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,202 | 2,164,852 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 7.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 20.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 34.7% | 28.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 593,541,502 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 16,929 | 424,238,194 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 123,898 | 311,334,781 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $22,421 | $13,061 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,039 | 42,054,592 |