Dallas County Facts

Census Statistics

	Dallas County	Texas
Population, 2003 estimate	2,284,096	22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.9%	6.1%
Population, 2000	2,218,899	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	19.8%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.2%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.9%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	8.1%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.1%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	58.4%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	20.3%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	4.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	14.0%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.7%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	29.9%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	44.3%	52.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	45.3%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	20.9%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	32.5%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	75.0%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.0%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	392,311	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.9	25.4?
Housing units, 2002	879,179	8,502,060
Homeownership rate, 2000	52.6%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	39.9%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$92,700	$82,500?
Households, 2000	807,621	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	2.71	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$43,324	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,603	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.4%	15.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	63,613	473,868
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,505,640	8,161,321
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.9%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	144,762	1,271,401
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	29,962,543	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	24,538,180	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,166	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.3%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.8%	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	15,330	165,027
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	10,901,498	123,431,164
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	880	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	2,522.6	79.6
Metropolitan Area	Dallas, TX PMSA	?
FIPS Code	113	48

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