Chambers County Facts

Census Statistics

	Chambers County	Texas
Population, 2003 estimate	27,581	22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.0%	6.1%
Population, 2000	26,031	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	29.6%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.9%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.9%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.0%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.8%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	81.9%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	9.8%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	6.0%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	10.8%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	77.6%	52.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	57.7%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.1%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	11.7%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	76.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.1%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,175	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.7	25.4?
Housing units, 2002	11,145	8,502,060
Homeownership rate, 2000	83.6%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	4.2%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$85,000	$82,500?
Households, 2000	9,139	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	2.82	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$47,964	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,863	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.0%	15.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	377	473,868
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	6,323	8,161,321
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.8%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,274	1,271,401
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,989,717	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	133,758	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,750	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	31.7%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	270	165,027
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	135,656	123,431,164
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	599	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	43.4	79.6
Metropolitan Area	Houston, TX PMSA	?
FIPS Code	071	48

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