Denton County Facts

Census Statistics

	Denton County	Texas
Population, 2003 estimate	510,795	22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	18.0%	6.1%
Population, 2000	432,976	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	58.2%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.2%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.7%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	5.0%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.3%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	81.7%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.9%	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)	5.6%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.2%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	12.2%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	76.0%	52.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	37.7%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	9.4%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	15.5%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	89.4%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	36.6%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	47,873	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	28.2	25.4?
Housing units, 2002	185,264	8,502,060
Homeownership rate, 2000	64.4%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	27.2%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$133,200	$82,500?
Households, 2000	158,903	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	2.67	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$58,216	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$26,895	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	6.6%	15.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	8,277	473,868
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	113,375	8,161,321
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.5%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	28,939	1,271,401
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	2,741,808	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	3,180,113	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,738	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.1%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	28.0%	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5,887	165,027
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	843,390	123,431,164
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	889	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	487.3	79.6
Metropolitan Area	Dallas, TX PMSA	?
FIPS Code	121	48

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