Grimes County Facts

Census Statistics

	Grimes County	Texas
Population, 2003 estimate	24,963	22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.0%	6.1%
Population, 2000	23,552	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	25.0%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.1%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.8%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.7%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	46.0%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	71.8%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	20.0%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	5.9%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.6%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	16.1%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	62.7%	52.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	58.2%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.0%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	14.1%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	67.3%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	10.3%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,553	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	32.4	25.4?
Housing units, 2002	9,658	8,502,060
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.7%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	5.0%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$56,700	$82,500?
Households, 2000	7,753	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	2.69	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$32,280	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,368	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	16.6%	15.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	336	473,868
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	4,370	8,161,321
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-13.7%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,314	1,271,401
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	386,851	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	120,469	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,271	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.2%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.4%	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	15	165,027
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	101,024	123,431,164
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	794	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	29.7	79.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	185	48

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