| | People QuickFacts | Texas | USA |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 26,059,203 | 313,914,040 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 25,145,561 | 308,747,508 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.6% | 1.7% |
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Population, 2010 | 25,145,561 | 308,745,538 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.5% | 6.4% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 26.8% | 23.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 10.9% | 13.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.3% | 50.8% |
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White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 80.6% | 77.9% |
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Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 12.3% | 13.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.0% | 1.2% |
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Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.2% | 5.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
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Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 38.2% | 16.9% |
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White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 44.5% | 63.0% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 84.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.2% | 12.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 34.4% | 20.3% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.4% | 85.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.1% | 28.2% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,618,413 | 22,215,303 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.8 | 25.4 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 10,098,750 | 132,312,404 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 64.5% | 66.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.0% | 25.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $126,400 | $186,200 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 8,667,807 | 114,761,359 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.79 | 2.60 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,548 | $27,915 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $50,920 | $52,762 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.0% | 14.3% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Texas | USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 525,4201 | 7,354,043 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 8,987,6631 | 113,425,965 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.3%1 | 1.3% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,975,620 | 22,491,080 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,164,852 | 27,092,908 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.1% | 7.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.7% | 8.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.2% | 28.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 593,541,502 | 5,319,456,312 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 424,238,194 | 4,174,286,516 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 311,334,781 | 3,917,663,456 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,061 | $12,990 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 42,054,592 | 613,795,732 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 135,514 | 829,658 |